HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumActive

American Falls School District #381

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Jan 15, 2025

To disclose

8 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Falls School District #381 →2 incidents on file

American Falls School District No. 381 notified the Idaho Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident involving its third-party vendor, PowerSchool. The incident compromised the personal information of Idaho residents, specifically names and Social Security numbers, stored in the vendor's Student Information System. The District engaged legal counsel and a digital forensics firm for investigation and plans to notify affected individuals and offer credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Jan 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Part of PowerSchool supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
norm: eckert seamans cherin mellott

Name: American Falls School District #381
norm: american falls school district 381
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via PowerSchool
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm
Ensure that proper written notice is provided to the impacted individuals
Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Changes made: Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/01/1-15-2025-American-Falls-School-District-No.-381.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2025
Raw hash: 9cea4fdd9dbb8975ec0cbe21b30de50875d4198715d7505188cb862e3cc68cf2

Reporting entityECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC

Victim entityAmerican Falls School District #381

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov