Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Washington Elementary School District No. 6

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2016

Filed

Jun 3, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Washington Elementary School District No. 6 →

Washington Elementary School District No. 6 disclosed a phishing incident on April 12, 2016, where an employee inadvertently forwarded 2015 W-2 information (including SSNs and wages) to a fraudulent email address. The district notified the FBI, IRS, and Arizona authorities, quarantined the affected system, and provided one year of Experian credit monitoring to affected current and former employees.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Apr 12, 2016

Begins

Apr 12, 2016

Discovered

Jun 3, 2016

Filed

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on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Washington Elementary School District No. 6
norm: washington elementary school district no 6
Domain: wesdschools.org
Industry: education

Name: Washington Elementary School District No. 6
norm: washington elementary school district no 6
Domain: wesdschools.org
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 12, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint CenterNotified Phoenix Police DepartmentNotified Arizona Attorney General's OfficeNotified the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center
Notified Phoenix Police Department
Notified Arizona Attorney General's Office
Notified the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)
Quarantined the computer involved
Conducted a detailed search of the computer
Blocked the fraudulent e-mail address
MIS checked for other fraudulent requests
Provided one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Administration is reviewing policies and procedures
Focused, annual training for employees
Evaluating additional security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2016/WashingtonElementary.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2016
Raw hash: 0d57183d6de748a9013be94e2de7570b20223cb552d001c21b2c467150187ccc

Reporting entityWashington Elementary School District No. 6

Victim entityWashington Elementary School District No. 6

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2016

Stated responseNotified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov