MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Washington Education Association

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

Feb 23, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

17,415state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Washington Education Association →

Washington Education Association (WEA) and Seattle Education Association (SEA) reported a ransomware incident on January 4, 2021, where an SEA server was encrypted. No evidence of data access was found, but 17,415 Washington residents' PII (name, address, SSN, DOB) was potentially exposed. WEA engaged forensic specialists, notified the WA Attorney General, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jan 4, 2021

Discovered

Feb 23, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_14340a3c5008c3f02021-04-12 · +48dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_2b068e9f4f754b712021-04-12 · +48dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cd031751cff752952021-04-12 · +48dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f00833a29f6f8b832021-04-12 · +48dVerified

Name: Washington Education Association
norm: washington education

Name: Washington Education Association
norm: washington education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 17,415state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided supplemental notification to the Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Began an internal investigation of the nature of information held on the impacted SEA server
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGFeb 23 · first · this page

Montana State AG+48d

Indiana State AG+48d

Massachusetts State AG+48d

Maine State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (WA), last Apr 12 (ME) — a 48-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10408.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2021
Raw hash: d1c503f94f4c0887a668bd36fc670221b5893f116b0758c03cbf4e9f62887203

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington Education Association

Victim entityWashington Education Association

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2021

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

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com