HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EducationMediumContained

Edmonds School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

Oct 6, 2023

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Edmonds School District →4 incidents on file

Edmonds School District reported unauthorized access to its network between Jan 16-31, 2023, discovered on Jan 31, 2023. The incident exposed PII including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, medical info, and student records. The district engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring. This filing is a supplemental notice to NH residents.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d35 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 248 days

Jan 16, 2023

Begins

Jan 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 5, 2023

Scope determined

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 248 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteakirabd_946936f7fcb626ad2023-08-24 · +42dVerified by operator
Leak Siteakirabd_a3c1da9ae24ac5232023-01-31 · +248dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_de1acf46bdc56b2c2023-10-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1b4de5792e8a02632023-05-18 · +141dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9957884c9a34dc642023-05-15 · +144dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_eadbb7a0a4019ca22023-05-15 · +144dVerified by operator

Name: Edmonds School District
norm: edmonds school district
Domain: edmonds.wednet.edu

Name: Edmonds School District
norm: edmonds school district
Domain: edmonds.wednet.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 16, 2023 – Jan 31, 2023
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Sep 5, 2023
Notification sent: May 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Education
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to state and federal regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided individuals whose personal information was potentially impacted by this event access to credit monitoring services for through IDX at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing written notice of this incident to state and federal regulators
Changes made: Took steps to implement additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Securing its network by disabling internet access
Deploying additional protections across its network
Working with third-party specialists to strengthen the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(248 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGMay 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Washington State AG+144d

New Hampshire State AG+144d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 15 (MT), last Oct 6 (NH) — a 144-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/edmonds-school-district-20231006.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2023
Raw hash: ea2fd025bbc07b08e2622ea20406998676529668685fa3bc59b71a4d4d04864e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEdmonds School District

Victim entityEdmonds School District

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov