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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Burlingame School District

bd_5e640da3d0b2c5cd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 19, 2024

Filed

Sep 15, 2025

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Burlingame School District

Burlingame School District notified individuals of a potential data breach after detecting suspicious activity on December 19, 2024. An investigation determined that an unknown party may have accessed certain computer systems between November 18, 2024, and December 19, 2024. While no evidence of actual file access or data acquisition was found, personal information (including names) was present in potentially affected files. The district engaged cybersecurity specialists, notified law enforcement, changed passwords, and deployed additional security tools. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of free credit identity monitoring through Kroll.

Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days
discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 270 days

Nov 18, 2024

Begins

Dec 19, 2024

Discovered

Sep 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+28 wks slower

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

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.