HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIICredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Puget Sound Educational Service District

bd_a998de50c4ade5ca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 25, 2020

Filed

Jan 26, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

27state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Puget Sound Educational Service District →

Puget Sound Educational Services District notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between April 5 and August 6, 2020. The incident was discovered on July 25, 2020. Affected data likely included names and credentials. Forensic specialists were engaged.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 185 days

Apr 5, 2020

Begins

Jul 25, 2020

Discovered

Jan 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5adb187c02d3facd2021-01-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_fb3ddce75a837fcb2021-01-26Verified

Name: Puget Sound Educational Service District
norm: puget sound educational service district

Name: Puget Sound Educational Service District
norm: puget sound educational service district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 25, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2020 – Aug 6, 2020
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took portions of our network offline
Commenced an investigation
Working with third-party computer forensic specialists
Changes made: Continue to evaluate ways to improve our existing protections to secure the information within our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(185 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 26 · first

Washington State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/puget-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2021
Raw hash: 3885267fbe27a36147984d93007c9f5e1152284d3672379fb4cf1981b7884d86

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPuget Sound Educational Service District

Victim entityPuget Sound Educational Service District

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2020

Stated responseTook portions of our network offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov