HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Butte School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 4, 2023

Filed

Dec 19, 2024

To disclose

14 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Butte School District →

Butte School District notified Vermont residents of a data breach discovered on November 4, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed the network and copied files containing current and former employee information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and bank account details. The district engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 months / 411 days

Nov 4, 2023

Begins

Nov 4, 2023

Discovered

Dec 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+49 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_67c0bdea2fffacc12024-01-08 · +346dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_8a31c7115eb38d732023-12-19 · +366dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e9eb297af8adb8d12023-12-06 · +379dCandidate

Name: Butte School District
norm: butte school district

Name: Butte School District
norm: butte school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists
Took steps to secure our systems
Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to you through Experian
Changes made: Working to review and further enhance these protections as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(411 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGDec 6 · first

Indiana State AG+13d

Maine State AG+33d

Vermont State AG+379d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 6 (MT), last Dec 19 (VT) — a 379-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-19-butte-school-district-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2024
Raw hash: 3265ac419cae90f62aae4b918bc0b447c7ed8742aca9ac927f33a2538be3bcad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityButte School District

Victim entityButte School District

Incidentdiscovered Nov 4, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov