HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Van Buren Public Schools

bd_67569ad6ea0eca82 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 4, 2023

Filed

Nov 27, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Van Buren Public Schools →

Van Buren Public Schools notified the NH Attorney General of a network security incident occurring between Nov 29 and Dec 4, 2023. The school discovered unauthorized access on Oct 28, 2024, affecting one NH resident's personal information. The school offered 12 months of credit monitoring and advised on fraud alerts.

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

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 51 weeks / 359 days

Nov 29, 2023

Begins

Dec 4, 2023

Discovered

Nov 27, 2024

Filed

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

A leak claim by akira about this victim was first seen 324 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_13c45fc1081100c92024-01-08 · +323dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_ead107f358570cd32024-11-27Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_f9ca7016d8415c6d2024-11-27Verified

Name: Van Buren Public Schools
norm: van buren public schools
Domain: vanburenschools.net

Name: Van Buren Public Schools
norm: van buren public schools
Domain: vanburenschools.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 29, 2023 – Dec 4, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella, Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Worked to identify what personal information, if any, might have been compromised
Conducted extensive manual document review
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGNov 27 · first

Indiana State AGNov 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 27 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/van-buren-public-schools-20241127.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2024
Raw hash: 4e10cb1a66d566d16c0b807ce8f45c91298bb85a10961759c87b588376d3c581

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVan Buren Public Schools

Victim entityVan Buren Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2023

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov