Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Groton Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 2, 2017

Filed

Mar 20, 2017

To disclose

18 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Groton Public Schools →2 incidents on file

Groton Public Schools notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 1 NH resident. On March 1, 2017, an unauthorized party obtained W-2s containing SSNs and financial data via a criminal phishing email. Discovered March 2, 2017. Law enforcement notified; forensic experts engaged. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Mar 1, 2017

Begins

Mar 2, 2017

Discovered

Mar 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_71aca7c7b0ae389f2017-03-21 · +1dVerified

Name: Groton Public Schools
norm: groton public schools
Domain: grotonschools.org

Name: Groton Public Schools
norm: groton public schools
Domain: grotonschools.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 3, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Michael A. Delaney
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Law enforcement has been notified and an investigation has been opened
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals to assist in the investigation
Changes made: Offering a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Advised the resident to remain vigilant in reviewing financial account statements
Advised the resident about the process for placing a fraud alert on their credit files
Advised the resident about placing a security freeze
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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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/groton-public-schools-20170320.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2017
Raw hash: 3d1eac7ded3cedc0f00284350c37bb83e82e4f0c0d294bef70bb8d4e57d51003

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGroton Public Schools

Victim entityGroton Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2017

Stated responseLaw enforcement has been notified and an investigation has been opened

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov