HackingEducationFinancial ServicesEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

Carruth Compliance Consulting

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 13, 2025

Filed

Mar 2, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,4941 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Klamath County School District reported a third-party data breach involving Carruth Compliance Consulting, a retirement plan administrator. Unauthorized access occurred on or about Dec 21, 2024. The breach affected approx. 3,494 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Data exposed included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial/medical billing info. Klamath notified the FBI and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 13, 2025 → Filed with AG Mar 2, 202548d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Jan 13, 2025

Discovered

Mar 2, 2025

Filed

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

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maryland State AGbd_632a72ea3cc185ef2025-03-02Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_c6455d7c1f4399122025-03-02Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_7e84ae7c262e28fa2025-02-28 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_dc3d99731956f9242025-02-28 · +2dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_dc66ecae2c951cd02025-02-28 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fc3ada64c8b511e22025-02-28 · +2dCandidate

Name: Klamath County School District
norm: klamath county school district
Domain: kcsd.k12.or.us

Name: Carruth Compliance Consulting
norm: carruth compliance consulting
Domain: kcsd.k12.or.us
Industry: EducationllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 3,494state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General's OfficeNotified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Offered complimentary identity protection services including 12 months of credit monitoring
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 48d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2025
48d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 13, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2025	48d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 28 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 28 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 28 · first

Montana State AGFeb 28 · first

Maryland State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/57dee51d-4e87-4e22-a415-da2b08e90136.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2025
Raw hash: 54c24acc256e7d8260522069107a3124329615adadd77bc7394779f3f154d2f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKlamath County School District

Victim entityCarruth Compliance Consulting

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov