MalwareEducationEducationRansomwarePhishingInterlockRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Fowler Elementary School District #45

bd_9ba82706172c8c1b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 3, 2025

Filed

Nov 18, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Fowler Elementary School District #45 →

Fowler Elementary School District 45 notified consumers of a ransomware attack on May 3, 2025. A third-party contractor was compromised via social engineering by a group claiming to be 'Interlock.' The incident may have exposed personal information. The District engaged IDX to provide credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 199 days

May 3, 2025

Discovered

Nov 18, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 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

Nebraska State AGInterlockbd_0a1431684800582c2025-11-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_bda5e68207672e1d2025-11-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4bf775a937651b8c2025-11-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Fowler Elementary School District #45
norm: fowler elementary school district 45

Name: Fowler Elementary School District #45
norm: fowler elementary school district 45
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 3, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 18, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware· Interlock
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: InterlockExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reviewed its internal procedures and enhanced its security awareness
Secured the services of IDX, the data breach and recovery services expert
Provided 12/24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed ID theft recovery services
Changes made: Enhanced its security awareness
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(199 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Nebraska State AGNov 18 · first

Indiana State AGNov 18 · first

Vermont State AGNov 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/2025-11-18-fowler-elementary-school-district-45-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2025
Raw hash: 99f5947af34390fa8178dbbcf95a241c6b153e92fdf0ac712bd2af8cc13b7aa8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFowler Elementary School District #45

Victim entityFowler Elementary School District #45

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2025

Stated responseReviewed its internal procedures and enhanced its security awareness

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov