HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Charleston County School District

bd_3a3a75acc2f6a709 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

Apr 29, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Charleston County School District →

Charleston County School District notified affected individuals of a data security incident occurring between July 16-19, 2024. An unknown actor gained unauthorized access to local systems, potentially accessing names and variable data elements. CCSD contained the incident, engaged external cybersecurity experts, and notified the FBI and SC Law Enforcement. Affected individuals were offered 12 or 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX. Notification letters were dated April 29, 2025.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Jul 16, 2024

Begins

Jul 16, 2024

Discovered

Apr 29, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim predates this filing by 285 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_f27b2f5dc3327ab22024-07-26 · +277dVerified by operator
Leak Siteransomhubbd_0197f2125253fc3b2024-07-18 · +285dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_31165615b8e21cbf2025-04-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_495df9fa415666ff2025-04-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6c8d31fbc9f5e8b12025-04-29Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_b5c9e9ef8bccac9f2025-04-29Verified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 277d gap

Vermont State AGbd_c6f3e272efa82a3e2025-04-29Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_1686029f5e7ec2222025-04-30 · +1dVerified
Pressransomhubbd_d4632cacac1147592024-07-26 · +277dCandidate

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2024 – Jul 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation and took steps to secure our IT environment
Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Offering you the opportunity to enroll in complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

PressJul 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+277d

Maine State AG+277d

Indiana State AG+277d

Massachusetts State AG+277d

Vermont State AG+277d

Nebraska State AG+277d · this page

South Carolina State AG+278d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26, last Apr 30 (SC) — a 278-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/0aff8373-7752-4dff-ad7e-d6d9a44babeb.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2025
Raw hash: bf6354f2a4ae8aa781f705e3d93c4d855b751c3001a8fde9f40bf2a7b45fcf5b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharleston County School District

Victim entityCharleston County School District

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation and took steps to secure our IT environment

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov