HackingEducationFinancial ServicesEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHIMediumContained

Carruth Compliance Consulting

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

27 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carruth Compliance Consulting →

Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on December 21, 2024, potentially exposing names, SSNs, financial account info, and other PII of current/former employees and beneficiaries. Carruth engaged forensic specialists and notified the FBI. Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD is offering 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Dec 21, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 27 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteskirabd_3e00870e56c719fd2025-03-06 · +6dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0a37cd427731d3e12025-02-28Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_196889d710f581d22025-02-28Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_3864316e5f19597a2025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_ad1a1b0edc87893f2025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_c114429cd13bacd52025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_24724e3a1f0ebd4c2025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_59c06a72fdcaf3092025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_699eeae16e8cb3a42025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Montana State AGbd_83d9e926f5c0d1af2025-03-12 · +12dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 26 linked disclosures.

Name: Linn-Benton Lincoln ESD
norm: linn benton lincoln esd
Domain: ncompliance.com

Name: Carruth Compliance Consulting
norm: carruth compliance consulting
Domain: ncompliance.com
Industry: EducationllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering you the opportunity to enroll in complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offering 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
$1,000,000 Insurance reimbursement policy
Fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGFeb 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 28 · first

Montana State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

Nebraska State AG+12d

Montana State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (MT), last Mar 12 (MT) — a 12-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 26 — the full spread may be wider.

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-99.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: da6dea0f83fc303dc3036871d68ddbcad962353411d958f68dcfa015385d432d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLinn-Benton Lincoln ESD

Victim entityCarruth Compliance Consulting

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2024

Stated responseBegan working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov