MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Independent School District #728

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 23, 2022

Filed

Dec 23, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Independent School District #728 →

Independent School District 728 notified individuals of a ransomware incident detected on November 23, 2022. The attack encrypted files containing names and Social Security numbers. The district engaged external cybersecurity professionals, contained the threat, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 23, 2022

Discovered

Dec 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Independent School District #728
norm: independent school district 728

Name: Independent School District #728
norm: independent school district 728
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 23, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Contained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to our network
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Providing Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-30.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2022
Raw hash: 252b4e4574517aed68d11c2eae3a60680f454da51f7f31bc83c046e8fe0a1eb2

Reporting entityIndependent School District #728

Victim entityIndependent School District #728

Incidentdiscovered Nov 23, 2022

Stated responseContained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov