MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Detroit PBS

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 1, 2024

Filed

Feb 21, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Detroit PBS →

Detroit PBS notified Maryland AG of a ransomware incident affecting 17 Maryland residents. Unauthorized actor gained access Aug 12-31, 2024, encrypting files and exfiltrating data including names, SSNs, and financial account info. Incident detected Sept 1, 2024. Detroit PBS engaged in investigation, secured environment, and offered credit monitoring.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 173 days

Aug 12, 2024

Begins

Sep 1, 2024

Discovered

Feb 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_025a175883e3f21e2025-02-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_23ed6f496487132a2025-02-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7ae6c21416dc026d2025-02-21Verified

Name: Detroit PBS
norm: detroit pbs

Name: Detroit PBS
norm: detroit pbs
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 12, 2024 – Aug 31, 2024
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took steps to secure our environment
Undertook an in-depth address lookup
Notifying state regulators
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Strengthened existing security policies and procedures
Implemented additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(173 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
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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Massachusetts State AGFeb 21 · first

Maine State AGFeb 21 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 21 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 21 · first · this page

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376400.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2025
Raw hash: 01f4a2bad1678fa43139b1079a436f46513db1e4beddcf07ff3063e2ccac7732

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDetroit PBS

Victim entityDetroit PBS

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov