HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Capitol Region Education Council

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Jun 9, 2025

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4091 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Capitol Region Education Council →

Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) notified the Maine AG of a third-party breach involving PowerSchool. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 19-28, 2024, affecting 409 individuals including 1 Maine resident. Data exposed: names and SSNs. CREC discovered the event on Jan 7, 2025, initiated an investigation, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 7, 2025 → Filed with AG Jun 9, 2025153d ✗ ME AG >90d22 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

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Dec 19, 2024

Begins

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Jun 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_25a7ed11073e5a4d2025-06-09Verified

Name: Capitol Region Education Council
norm: capitol region education council
Domain: crec.org
Industry: Education

Name: Capitol Region Education Council
norm: capitol region education council
Domain: crec.org
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2024 – Dec 28, 2024
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2025
Affected individuals: 409state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this event to relevant state regulators, as necessary
Third party: via PowerSchool
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Reviewed the information provided by PowerSchool to identify the individuals whose personal information may have been affected
Provided written notice of this event to approximately one (1) Maine resident on June 9, 2025
Provided notice of this event on its website
Providing individuals whose personal information was involved in this event with access to credit monitoring services for two (2) years through Experian at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures to further protect against similar events occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 153dME resident >60d · 153d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jun 9, 2025
153d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
→ Notified: Jun 9, 2025
153d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 7, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jun 9, 2025	153d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 7, 2025 → Notified: Jun 9, 2025	153d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 9 · first

Maine State AGJun 9 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/9951a230-b297-48f2-9d98-57e350217b1d.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2025
Raw hash: 8536c9740c069d3d2802e8c3cfb71b84d3738cf1bf708b903486077cb9f3c4c2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCapitol Region Education Council

Victim entityCapitol Region Education Council

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov