HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Relay Graduate School of Education

bd_805f3fd11c66444b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 22, 2024

Filed

Jan 14, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

22,76911 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Relay Graduate School of Education →

Relay Graduate School of Education disclosed an external system breach on November 22, 2024, affecting 22,769 individuals, including 11 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to AWS-hosted applications, resulting in the deletion of files and potential exposure of names, contact info, and dates of birth. Notifications were sent on January 10, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 22, 2024 → Filed with AG Jan 14, 202553d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Nov 22, 2024

Begins

Nov 22, 2024

Discovered

Jan 14, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2d96bd287bb1138b2025-01-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_b1224ac7d58ce76e2025-01-13 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7b1f9e1d3df6495b2025-01-10 · +4dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_9d870e623a9ae5842025-01-10 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 303d gap

Vermont State AGbd_c80b5331fb75dd342025-01-10 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_282b1c76db111cf72025-01-01 · +13dCandidate
Maryland State AGbd_5378ee106cc16cc32025-11-13 · +303dVerified

Name: Relay Graduate School of Education
norm: relay graduate school of education

Name: Relay Graduate School of Education
norm: relay graduate school of education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 22,769state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Severed the threat actor’s access to the environment
Reset IT passwords
Hardened our network
Engaged cybersecurity counsel and a forensics firm
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Restored deleted files from backups
Confirmed the population of potentially impacted individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 53d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 22, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jan 14, 2025
53d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 22, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jan 14, 2025	53d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Maine State AG+13d · this page

Maryland State AG+316d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 13 (MD) — a 316-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/278e94c4-8b36-4590-b857-3f100f2ef16c.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2025
Raw hash: 6de6b80a1f76b86fe5d0694b3756a9c55fcb60cf9bf311433575b98726f8ee12

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRelay Graduate School of Education

Victim entityRelay Graduate School of Education

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2024

Stated responseSevered the threat actor’s access to the environment

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov