MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

West Babylon Union Free School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2022

Filed

Sep 27, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for West Babylon Union Free School District →

West Babylon Union Free School District experienced a ransomware attack on July 25, 2022. The attacker encrypted systems and exfiltrated a limited number of files containing staff and student records, including names, state IDs, and contact info. The district discovered the data removal on August 24, 2022. 7 New Hampshire residents were affected. The district rebuilt systems, engaged forensic experts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Jul 25, 2022

Begins

Aug 24, 2022

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6a12f484784b867e2022-09-28 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_92ff55b926166a242022-09-26 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb73fe0f17f9b6ab2022-09-29 · +2dVerified

Name: Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.A.
norm: marshall dennehey warner coleman goggin

Name: West Babylon Union Free School District
norm: west babylon union free school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2022
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Retained third-party forensic and IT experts to conduct an investigation and restore its systems
Rebuilt and restored servers and systems
Reviewed internal data management and protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures
Provided identity monitoring services for 12 months at no cost to the individuals
Changes made: Reviewed internal data management and protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent this type of incident from recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGSep 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

Maine State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/west-babylon-union-free-school-district-20220927.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2022
Raw hash: fcb976afdc9d074cc16960c84357d29160e536326c0859e097fbc1d5c243cea5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMarshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.A.

Victim entityWest Babylon Union Free School District

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2022

Stated responseRetained third-party forensic and IT experts to conduct an investigation and restore its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov