HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Carthage R-9 School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

Jan 19, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carthage R-9 School District →

Carthage R-9 School District notified individuals of a data security incident detected on December 14, 2021. The incident involved unauthorized access to systems containing names, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers, and bank account information. The District shut down systems, engaged forensic experts, and offered one year of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Dec 14, 2021

Discovered

Jan 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_c55ec03cc33886502022-01-09 · +10dVerified by operator

Name: Carthage R-9 School District
norm: carthage r 9 school district
Domain: carthagetigers.org

Name: Carthage R-9 School District
norm: carthage r 9 school district
Domain: carthagetigers.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Shut down all systems
Implemented incident response protocols
Notified law enforcement
Engaged with external cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Hired independent cybersecurity experts
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Changing all passwords
Deploying multi-factor authentication for remote access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 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-189.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2022
Raw hash: 90917f9f76156bff295586f6e6356921ac65fb9d673c51176e9bcd9f0a700300

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityCarthage R-9 School District

Victim entityCarthage R-9 School District

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2021

Stated responseShut down all systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov