HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 3, 2025

Filed

Sep 2, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

31,4754 in this filing

Linked

7 records

Confidence

66%

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties experienced an external system breach (hacking) on June 3, 2025. The incident affected 31,475 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, driver's licenses, financial account information, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The District engaged cybersecurity experts, enhanced security measures, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 3, 2025 → Filed with AG Sep 2, 202591d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Jun 3, 2025

Begins

Jun 3, 2025

Discovered

Sep 2, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by interlock about this victim was first seen 70 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinterlockbd_0114b40927dd64572025-06-24 · +70dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_ae83edfce1761d092025-09-02Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_5b524b62ca4f7b552025-09-03 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3a3e2413d556ce502025-08-29 · +4dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_d7b5f2161da039db2025-08-29 · +4dVerified by operator

Press reports (1)

Pressinterlockbd_d3edcdf75cb2f6bf2025-06-05 · +89dCandidate

Name: School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties
norm: school district five of lexington & richland counties
Domain: lexrich5.org

Name: School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties
norm: school district five of lexington & richland counties
Domain: lexrich5.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 31,475state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with investigating and remediating our network
Undertaken a comprehensive review of those files
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 91dME resident >60d · 87dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 3, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Sep 2, 2025
91d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Jun 3, 2025
→ Notified: Aug 29, 2025
87d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 3, 2025 → Filed with AG: Sep 2, 2025	91d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Jun 3, 2025 → Notified: Aug 29, 2025	87d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Vermont State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (IN), last Sep 3 (SC) — a 5-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/88e67f8a-0f2c-4fd9-a09d-b97a909b9254.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 2, 2025
Raw hash: a945ff3e5cfda9057c3fa571e8f86c66dee7238aef4c12c6593032ea8456d822

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entitySchool District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

Victim entitySchool District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with investigating and remediating our network

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov