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Fairfax County Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 6, 2020

Filed

Nov 19, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fairfax County Public Schools →

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on November 13, 2020, regarding a ransomware attack by the Maze group discovered in early September 2020. The incident affected approximately 20 New Hampshire residents, exposing PII including SSNs, health data, and financial account numbers. FCPS engaged forensic experts, cooperated with the FBI, and provided credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d11 weeks 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Sep 1, 2020

Begins

Sep 6, 2020

Discovered

Nov 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by maze about this victim predates this filing by 69 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemazebd_e693ce2405ac54162020-09-11 · +69dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b2163e3e9e7ff0db2020-11-16 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b9cdc86785fdedce2020-11-16 · +3dVerified by operator
Montana State AGMaze groupbd_4be94d2b976bd78e2020-11-09 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6a73de764768cc672020-11-09 · +10dVerified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 101d gap

Indiana State AGbd_9c838cbce0cb732a2021-01-21 · +63dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_2f6404a7d799f9d32021-02-28 · +101dVerified

Name: Fairfax County Public Schools
norm: fairfax county public schools
Domain: fcps.edu

Name: Fairfax County Public Schools
norm: fairfax county public schools
Domain: fcps.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2020 – Sep 7, 2020
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware· Maze group
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Maze groupExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Virginia Computer Crime Section of the Virginia Attorney General's OfficeWorking closely with the FBI and Virginia State Police
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged leading outside security experts to assist with our investigation
Implemented various cyber security enhancements
Working closely with the FBI and Virginia State Police
Notified the Virginia Computer Crime Section of the Virginia Attorney General's Office
Arranged to provide potentially affected individuals with one year of identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Implemented various cyber security enhancements
Continuing to evaluate additional actions to further strengthen our network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 9 · first

Indiana State AGNov 9 · first

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Indiana State AG+73d

Maine State AG+111d

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (MT), last Feb 28 (ME) — a 111-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/fairfax-county-public-schools-20201119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2020
Raw hash: 612dee8c37616e8cb32bb6dfef7605a9306b9329e074061b4dbd4b7f2d835a46

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFairfax County Public Schools

Victim entityFairfax County Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Sep 6, 2020

Stated responseEngaged leading outside security experts to assist with our investigation

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov