MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

Dec 1, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

87state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District →

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District experienced a ransomware incident on October 6, 2023, resulting in the encryption of its computer systems and unauthorized access to personally identifiable information. The incident affected 87 New Hampshire residents, among others. The organization engaged forensic investigators, contained the incident, and notified affected individuals on December 1, 2023, offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Oct 6, 2023

Discovered

Dec 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesnatchbd_3d452bfa9e4692072023-11-17 · +14dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_fad0a19ff66472c72023-12-01Verified

Name: Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District
norm: montachusett regional vocational technical school district
Domain: montytech.net

Name: Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District
norm: montachusett regional vocational technical school district
Domain: montytech.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2023
Affected individuals: 87state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged a specialized incident response vendor to conduct a forensic investigation
Conducted a review of the compromised servers to determine whether personally identifiable information was maintained
Mailed notification letters to the potentially affected individuals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services and identity theft restoration services through TransUnion
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Deployed additional monitoring tools
Changes made: Taken steps to strengthen its security posture to prevent a similar event from occurring again
Enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 1 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/montachusett-regional-vocational-technical-school-district-20231201.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2023
Raw hash: 4f011eec7f1c1545ae6ad8cfffc8b0c4246768c62be35f0426c9a950846f0241

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMontachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District

Victim entityMontachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a specialized incident response vendor to conduct a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov