HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD

bd_6ec04360a19d3b9d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 13, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access to personal information of current and former employees occurred on or about December 21, 2024. Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD was notified on January 13, 2025, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Jan 13, 2025

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_192035ccbebc5d492025-02-28Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_271e003fe3ea4c2a2025-02-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_5b69283cf34494d72025-02-28Verified

Name: Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD
norm: linn-benton lincoln esd
Domain: lblesd.k12.or.us

Name: Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD
norm: linn-benton lincoln esd
Domain: lblesd.k12.or.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John M. Formella, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Provided guidance on reviewing account statements and placing fraud alerts or security freezes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Oregon State AGFeb 28 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 28 · first

Maine State AGFeb 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/linn-benton-lincoln-esd-carruth-compliance-consulting-20250228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 01235b1fcc73233e46b78d7e7e1ed8911abe7fd326063c922d8e43485f29f3ac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLinn-Benton Lincoln ESD

Victim entityLinn-Benton Lincoln ESD

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov