HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumActive

North Star Charter School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Feb 4, 2025

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North Star Charter School →2 incidents on file

North Star Charter School, Wilder School District #133, and Filer School District #413 reported a cybersecurity incident involving their third-party vendor, PowerSchool. The incident exposed Idaho residents' names and Social Security numbers. The Schools engaged legal counsel and a digital forensics firm. PowerSchool is notifying affected individuals and offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Feb 4, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: North Star Charter School
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Name: North Star Charter School
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Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 4, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm
PowerSchool has begun notification to impacted individuals on behalf of the Schools, together with an offer of complimentary credit monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/02/02-04-2025-North-Star-Charter-School.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2025
Raw hash: 2dca972c51b3f2e63745560d741ded2aa9fddfd88a45ab140e4696c644841328

Reporting entityNorth Star Charter School

Victim entityNorth Star Charter School

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov