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Altoona Area School District

bd_5b60cec9d1420131 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 2, 2021

Filed

Apr 1, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Altoona Area School District →

Altoona Area School District detected unusual network activity on December 2, 2021. Investigation confirmed unauthorized access to systems containing personal information of three New Hampshire residents, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The district secured its network, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement (FBI), and offered two years of complimentary identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Dec 2, 2021

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by quantum about this victim was first seen 58 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGApr 1 · first
Montana State AGApr 1 · first
New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IN), last Apr 11 (PA) — 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.