HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIHighContained

Linn Benton Lincoln ESD

bd_5b69283cf34494d7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

4 days

Affected · nationwide

3,2741 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Linn Benton Lincoln ESD, an educational service district in Oregon, disclosed a data breach involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on December 21, 2024, affecting 3,274 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The incident involved personal information such as names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account data. The ESD notified the FBI, engaged forensic specialists, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG Feb 28, 20254d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 days 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 · 65 days

discovery → filing · 4 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_192035ccbebc5d492025-02-28Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_271e003fe3ea4c2a2025-02-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6ec04360a19d3b9d2025-02-28Verified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: Linn Benton Lincoln ESD
norm: linn benton lincoln esd
Domain: lblesd.k12.or.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 65 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 3,274state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
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 the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFiled Security Breach Notification with Maine Attorney General
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
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions
Sent notification letters to 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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 4d
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: Feb 24, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025
4d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025	4d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Oregon State AGFeb 28 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 28 · first

Maine State AGFeb 28 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/810de715-58b2-4e1c-961c-2b99e1e6c9bb.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 8e5f95579c5a5a9bc83be779bacc3a7b4d2440639b64252f34da002c786830c8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityLinn Benton Lincoln ESD

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 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