MisuseEducationEducationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)EducationMinorMediumResolved

Orcutt Union School District

bd_827d527a92f83ac3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 4, 2023

Filed

May 10, 2023

To disclose

6 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Orcutt Union School District →2 incidents on file

On May 4, 2023, Orcutt Union School District learned that a student obtained a teacher's username and password to the Aeries student information system. The student accessed Orcutt Academy High School student information, potentially including names, birthdates, addresses, and grade levels, and may have shared it on Discord. The district secured systems, notified law enforcement, removed the data from Discord, and identified the student. Additional security safeguards were implemented.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

California clockDiscovered May 4, 2023 → Notified May 5, 20231d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

May 4, 2023

Begins

May 4, 2023

Discovered

May 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Orcutt Union School District
norm: orcutt union school district
Domain: orcuttschools.net

Name: Orcutt Union School District
norm: orcutt union school district
Domain: orcuttschools.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 4, 2023
Breach occurred: May 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 5, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)EducationMinor
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Commenced an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Removed information from Discord
Identified the perpetrator
Reported the perpetrator to law enforcement
Subjected the perpetrator to discipline
Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 1d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 4, 2023
→ Notified: May 5, 2023
1d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 4, 2023 → Notified: May 5, 2023	1d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-566554
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2023
Raw hash: c53ae111eb4b5844cbe89b9495537645506ca0338d39296222a7b29afb3944bf

Reporting entityOrcutt Union School District

Victim entityOrcutt Union School District

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2023

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov