DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Frederick Public Schools

bd_4dcd6f3fc2acf600 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

Jul 19, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,3262 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Frederick Public Schools →4 incidents on file

Frederick Public Schools, an educational institution, reported a data breach affecting 4,326 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The breach, discovered on April 15, 2021, was a result of an external system breach (hacking) and compromised Social Security numbers. In response, the school offered one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 15, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 19, 202195d ✗ ME AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Apr 15, 2021

Begins

Apr 15, 2021

Discovered

Jul 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 9 · first
Maine State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 9 (IN), last Jul 19 (ME) — a 10-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.