HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mars Area School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

Apr 24, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mars Area School District →

Mars Area School District experienced unauthorized network access between Jan 27, 2022 and Sep 26, 2022. The incident resulted in the exfiltration of personal information including names and government IDs. The District discovered the incident on March 20, 2023, notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and provided one year of credit monitoring via Kroll to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d5 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 · 417 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 27, 2022

Begins

Mar 20, 2023

Discovered

Apr 24, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim was first seen 183 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ee4462776aac983b2022-10-23 · +183dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_412a01993de0c6492023-04-24Verified by operator
HHS OCRbd_99980afc74211b5c2023-04-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2530a702013b3b442023-05-01 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_aaf6ff56f355050b2022-11-02 · +173dVerified by operator

Name: Mars Area School District
norm: mars area school district

Name: Mars Area School District
norm: mars area school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2022 – Sep 26, 2022
Undetected for: 417 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to our network and restoring our systems as needed
Immediately notified law enforcement
Started a thorough investigation of the matter alongside external cybersecurity professionals
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 2 · first

Massachusetts State AG+173d

HHS OCR+173d

Montana State AG+173d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+180d

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (MT), last May 1 (NH) — a 180-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 24, 2023
Raw hash: 1c95a16ecef466d08d79b375956cc00fa8300701bab506adff5f28e83a94d575

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMars Area School District

Victim entityMars Area School District

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2023

Stated responseContained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to our network and restoring our systems as needed

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov