HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

bd_3ad69f7896265a11 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

Aug 8, 2024

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC. →

Student Transportation of America (STA) notified the California AG of a security incident where an unauthorized actor gained access to employee email accounts. The breach window is Jan 17-24, 2024, with discovery on Jan 24, 2024. STA engaged forensic specialists, secured the email tenant, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals may have had PII exposed. STA is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance. Rhode Island residents are also noted as potentially impacted.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 24, 2024 → Notified Aug 8, 2024197d ✗ CA 60-day late28 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 197 days

Jan 17, 2024

Begins

Jan 24, 2024

Discovered

Aug 8, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0fa8b4c088a6959b2024-08-08Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_120ff8acd6aaf4952024-08-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_19e309ad87559e212024-08-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_1d705831f299146f2024-08-08Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_d8f93da843e377f22024-08-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_e8e795c06a8808902024-08-08Verified

Name: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: student transportation of america
Domain: ridesta.com

Name: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: student transportation of america
Domain: ridesta.com
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 17, 2024 – Jan 24, 2024
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 8, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a comprehensive review of the contents of these email accounts
Took prompt steps to ensure security of its email tenant
Notified law enforcement
Enhanced its existing security protocols
Providing you with access to complimentary credit monitoring services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(197 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 197d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 8, 2024
197d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 24, 2024 → Notified: Aug 8, 2024	197d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGAug 8 · first

Vermont State AGAug 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 8 · first

Indiana State AGAug 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 8 · first

Maine State AGAug 8 · first

California State AGAug 8 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-589996
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2024
Raw hash: 9c1bc4cef7976dd90bb9275b925a03460982d99a8f8bd57a2dcc2e3beac7699f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySTUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Victim entitySTUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov