Phoenix Charter Academy
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Full breach record for Phoenix Charter Academy →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Rhysida on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
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Phoenix Charter Academy Phoenix Charter Academy Network is a public charter school network in Massachusetts, USA, operating three campuses (Chelsea, Lawrence, Springfield) and serving mainly low-income and immigrant families.36,829 files, 445.1 GB of data.Domain controller (password hashes of ~170+ staff accounts)File server, helpdesk server, print serverPowerSchool test server � the student databaseStudent special-education records of named minors: signed IEP/504 plans for the 2025�2026 school year, BASC-3 psychological protocols, three-year re-evaluations, speech-therapy files, discipline recordsImmigration records of students' families: official CBP I-94 entry records, parole application statements, immigration cover lettersStaff personal and financial data: W-2 forms with SSNs and salaries, US passport card and foreign passport scans, bank statements with account numbers (Bank of America / Tremont Credit Union), signed direct deposit authorizations, CORI background-check filesMedical data: MassHealth cards and applications, immunization recordsMunicipal compliance files: Lawrence Board of Health licenses and inspections (2022�2024), Fire Department inspection certificatesInternal HR material: network-wide salary bands More
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 31, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
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Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.
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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
rhysida
According to ransomware.live, Rhysida is a ransomware-as-a-service (RAAS) group that emerged in May 2023. The group utilizes a namesake ransomware through phishing attacks and Cobalt Strike to breach the targets' networks and deploy their payloads. The group threatens to publicly distribute exfiltrated data if the ransom is not paid, and it's worth mentioning that Rhysida is still in the early stages of development. The ransomware leaves PDF notes in the affected folders, instructing victims to contact the group through its portal, and payment is made via Bitcoin. After encryption, the ransomware appends the extension '.ryshida' to encrypted files. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs