MalwareEducationProfessional ServicesEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Association of California School Administrators

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

May 22, 2024

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Association of California School Administrators →

ACSA experienced a ransomware event in September 2023. Files were encrypted and unauthorized access occurred. 15 New Hampshire residents were notified. ACSA engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Sep 23, 2023

Begins

Sep 24, 2023

Discovered

May 3, 2024

Scope determined

May 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_05f7dcc0bd140b832024-05-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_40b3f13958d534622024-05-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_52eeace4e171e4542024-05-22Verified
California State AGbd_56449ff5993e7e502024-05-22Verified

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Maine State AGbd_724586f861f6bfc42024-05-22Candidate
Montana State AGbd_fc9882e474ad594b2024-05-22Candidate

Name: Association of California School Administrators
norm: association of california school administrators

Name: Association of California School Administrators
norm: association of california school administrators
Industry: EducationllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: May 3, 2024
Notification sent: May 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProvided written notice to relevant state regulatorsProvided written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for New Hampshire residents whose personal information was potentially affected by this event, at no cost to these individuals
Providing potentially affected individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this event to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice of this event to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Assess and further strengthen the security of its systems
Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Vermont State AGMay 22 · first

Indiana State AGMay 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 22 · first

California State AGMay 22 · first

Maine State AGMay 22 · first

Montana State AGMay 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 22 · 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/association-california-school-administrators-20240522.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2024
Raw hash: dcfd8352e901b8545e911f43d717405dfecdf7cb23d8f158af456bba280f3176

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAssociation of California School Administrators

Victim entityAssociation of California School Administrators

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2023

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov