HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Pendleton School District 16R

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 13, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pendleton School District 16R →

Pendleton School District 16R (PSD) notified the Nebraska Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access to personal information occurred on or about December 21, 2024. The incident affected one Nebraska resident, exposing names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, and medical billing data. PSD notified the FBI, engaged third-party investigators, and sent notification letters on February 28, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Jan 13, 2025

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_895251b25b56e2a82025-02-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9321df1a338ac0b22025-02-28Verified

Name: Pendleton School District 16R
norm: pendleton school district 16r
Domain: pendleton.k12.or.us

Name: Pendleton School District 16R
norm: pendleton school district 16r
Domain: pendleton.k12.or.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Nebraska Attorney General
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions about the incident
Sent notification letters to affected Nebraska residents by USPS First Class Mail
Changes made: Offered the opportunity to enroll in complimentary identity protection services including 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGFeb 28 · first

Oregon State AGFeb 28 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/Pendleton School District 16R - Carruth Incident - NE Regulatory Notice.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 2812f6d4ad74ab92e9d9dd8450d395e4b7849b327d9b0c015bac8db133c44181

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPendleton School District 16R

Victim entityPendleton School District 16R

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2025

Stated responseBegan working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov