HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Management Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 11, 2024

Filed

Jun 28, 2024

To disclose

17 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

School Specialty, LLC reported a data breach affecting 1 Maine resident. The breach occurred at third-party vendor The Management Association (MRA) on July 29, 2023. MRA discovered unauthorized access to its network, resulting in the exfiltration of names and Social Security numbers. MRA notified School Specialty on June 11, 2024, and sent notifications to the affected individual on June 28, 2024, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 11, 2024 → Filed with AG Jun 28, 202417d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days 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 · 318 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Jul 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 11, 2024

Discovered

Jun 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0453d29007e03a242024-06-28Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4852d0d0680f05472024-06-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5568e13f300a557c2024-06-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a132e540a8f718dd2024-06-28Verified

Name: School Specialty, Inc.
norm: school specialty

Name: The Management Association
norm: the management association
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 29, 2023
Undetected for: 318 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Third party: via The Management Association
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity firms to assist with investigation and response
Conducted thorough review with assistance of third-party specialists
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Offered one-year complimentary membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to improve the security of its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 17d
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 11, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2024
17d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 11, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2024	17d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJun 28 · first

Indiana State AGJun 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 28 · first

Maine State AGJun 28 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/0c6c09e5-0e1c-4031-a292-7f3db42e21ea.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2024
Raw hash: 473806c91527ffe226e44377cbdc17eea72fd7975f391ef6176f1dab2b0b22b0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySchool Specialty, Inc.

Victim entityThe Management Association

Incidentdiscovered Jun 11, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity firms to assist with investigation and response

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov