AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EducationMinorMediumResolved

KIPP SoCal Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2020

Filed

Jun 12, 2020

To disclose

10 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for KIPP SoCal Public Schools →

KIPP SoCal Public Schools disclosed that a data file containing student names, addresses, birth dates, race/ethnicity, primary language, and disability information was publicly accessible on GitHub due to an incorrect privacy setting. The exposure occurred from October 3, 2019, to June 2, 2020. The issue was discovered on June 2, 2020, when a vendor notified the school. The file was immediately deleted, and the page inactivated. No social security numbers were involved. The incident is resolved.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 2, 2020 → Notified Jun 11, 20209d ✓ CA 60-day OK10 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 243 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Oct 3, 2019

Begins

Jun 2, 2020

Discovered

Jun 12, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Name: KIPP SoCal Public Schools
norm: kipp socal public schools
Domain: kippsocal.org

Name: KIPP SoCal Public Schools
norm: kipp socal public schools
Domain: kippsocal.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 3, 2019 – Jun 2, 2020
Undetected for: 243 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)EducationMinor
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Immediately deleted the data file and inactivated the GitHub page
Conducted a full audit of GitHub and other data platforms
Put additional layers of security into place for future protection
Conducting data security audits across all of our systems
Changes made: Put additional layers of security into place for future protection
Conducting data security audits across all of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 9d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 2, 2020
→ Notified: Jun 11, 2020
9d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 2, 2020 → Notified: Jun 11, 2020	9d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-190871
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 12, 2020
Raw hash: 656441b10a741834fe1ede1355c4a31ed3c691136290f8e45966302e62bb2651

Reporting entityKIPP SoCal Public Schools

Victim entityKIPP SoCal Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2020

Stated responseImmediately deleted the data file and inactivated the GitHub page

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov