HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Altoona Area School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 2, 2021

Filed

Apr 1, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Altoona Area School District →

Altoona Area School District notified individuals of a data security incident detected on December 2, 2021. Unauthorized access to files containing personal information (names combined with government IDs) occurred. The District engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and offered two years of IDX identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Dec 2, 2021

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by quantum about this victim was first seen 58 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitequantumbd_bd1149f74ae8c6542022-02-02 · +57dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5b60cec9d14201312022-04-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_67e0ec4c492cf1782022-04-01Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_904f4fc594f387a82022-04-04 · +3dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_15dc64bd8c8fa6e62022-04-11 · +10dVerified

Name: Altoona Area School District
norm: altoona area school district

Name: Altoona Area School District
norm: altoona area school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 2, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party digital forensics experts to assist with the investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

HHS OCR+10d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (NH), last Apr 11 (PA) — a 10-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-288.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2022
Raw hash: 5c3751bfb25320e92b5c6294539091e9b8f3ebd319de46a83236562230d79d77

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAltoona Area School District

Victim entityAltoona Area School District

Incidentdiscovered Dec 2, 2021

Stated responseEngaged third-party digital forensics experts to assist with the investigation

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov