MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pell City Schools

bd_9c186b2f5a6d6f65 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 10, 2025

Filed

Apr 14, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pell City Schools →

Pell City Schools notified affected individuals of a cybersecurity incident detected on December 10, 2025. An unauthorized third party gained access and exfiltrated files containing PII, including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and medical information, in an attempt to extort the district. The district took systems offline, engaged law enforcement and cybersecurity experts, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. The notification letter is dated April 14, 2025.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

Dec 10, 2025

Discovered

Apr 14, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by safepay about this victim predates this filing by 125 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesafepaybd_05d0dc326fb3557b2025-12-10 · +125dVerified

Name: Pell City Schools
norm: pell city schools
Domain: pellcityschools.net

Name: Pell City Schools
norm: pell city schools
Domain: pellcityschools.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took our computer systems offline to contain the incident
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Launched an investigation, working alongside cybersecurity experts
Conducted an in-depth review of the files
Offering complimentary credit monitoring
Implemented additional security measures
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Continue to make investments to improve the District's resiliency
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >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.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/4877c605-6af3-42f1-b775-e7256c1710d5.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2026
Raw hash: c881903efae71c95cb69a69b868f0b7d13afb604a2d78599dc723b1a13b85bff

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityPell City Schools

Victim entityPell City Schools

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2025

Stated responseTook our computer systems offline to contain the incident

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov