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MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Pinal County Superintendent's Office

bd_862e2ba29e59d01f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2023

Filed

Nov 27, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

23state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Pinal County Superintendent's Office

Pinal County Superintendent's Office (PCSO) notified employees of school districts it services of a network security incident on September 25, 2023. Employees were locked out of the data processing environment, indicating a ransomware event. PCSO restored data from backups and engaged forensic investigators. Data potentially compromised included names, SSNs, and bank account/routing numbers. No confirmed PII compromise was found, but 24 months of credit monitoring were offered.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Sep 25, 2023

Begins

Sep 25, 2023

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 20 · first
Montana State AGNov 20 · first
South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (MA), last Nov 27 (SC) — a 7-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.