HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

The Galloway Schools, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

Mar 9, 2021

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

1,53211 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for The Galloway Schools, Inc. →

The Galloway Schools, Inc. experienced an external system breach where an unauthorized party gained access to their network. The breach resulted in the compromise of financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, along with their associated security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 12, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 9, 202125d ✓ ME AG ≤30d25 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 · 274 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

Feb 12, 2021

Discovered

Mar 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_33bebe25699351702021-03-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c293182c725cdfd32021-03-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_34045c732472d9432021-03-15 · +6dVerified

Name: The Galloway Schools, Inc.
norm: the galloway schools

Name: The Galloway Schools, Inc.
norm: the galloway schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2021
Breach occurred: May 14, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 274 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,532state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered one year of single bureau credit monitoring through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 25d
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 12, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 9, 2021
25d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 12, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 9, 2021	25d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 9 · first

Maine State AGMar 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 9 (IN), last Mar 15 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/b6999b45-2047-468f-af3a-9d5cf40d0762.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 9, 2021
Raw hash: 13302f5f56a7f56e2108d9b6713906e410891009525ade68044f66ef4abf5e84

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Galloway Schools, Inc.

Victim entityThe Galloway Schools, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2021

Stated responseOffered one year of single bureau credit monitoring through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov