HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Traverse City Area Public Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 24, 2025

Filed

Jul 24, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

10,5957 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Traverse City Area Public Schools →

Traverse City Area Public Schools reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on March 19, 2024. The incident was discovered on June 24, 2025, affecting 10,595 individuals, including 7 Maine residents. The breach involved personal identifiers and government IDs. The school engaged cybersecurity experts, contained the incident, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 462 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Mar 19, 2024

Begins

Jun 24, 2025

Discovered

Jul 24, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by medusa about this victim predates this filing by 480 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitemedusabd_f799947037f25d6a2024-04-13 · +466dVerified
Leak Sitemedusabd_3327a5e2353e941b2024-03-31 · +480dVerified

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_352c7e60867f59552025-07-24Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_39dec15e884b64ac2025-07-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a47a7d5ca4d3e6d72025-07-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_403a303cc8ab92bc2025-07-28 · +4dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 483d gap

Pressmedusabd_ccf4838e1d945d0a2024-03-31 · +480dCandidate
Pressmedusabd_5b3f571bc7fb04c62024-03-28 · +483dCandidate

Name: Traverse City Area Public Schools
norm: traverse city area public schools
Domain: tcaps.net

Name: Traverse City Area Public Schools
norm: traverse city area public schools
Domain: tcaps.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2024
Undetected for: 462 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 10,595state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contained the incident
Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, was involved
Offered complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls 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: Leak >180dME AG ≤30d · 30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 24, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jul 24, 2025
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 24, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jul 24, 2025	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

PressMar 28 · first

Press+3d

Massachusetts State AG+483d

Vermont State AG+483d

Indiana State AG+483d

Maine State AG+483d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+487d

Pattern: first filing Mar 28, last Jul 28 (NH) — a 487-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-a1252b4f8318/85b25859-32ca-42a9-9d7b-439e49749cca.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2025
Raw hash: 65299a72dfe1c8f9902b7cb387ca9d8729995bf6557145bd300ad3624c1e9104

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTraverse City Area Public Schools

Victim entityTraverse City Area Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2025

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov