HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Prince George's County Public Schools

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 14, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Prince George's County Public Schools →

Prince George's County Public Schools notified consumers of a data breach discovered on August 14, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed systems between August 3 and 14, 2023, viewing or acquiring data including names and credentials. The incident involved the compromise of valid accounts. The school district engaged forensic specialists and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday27 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 · 11 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 186 days

Aug 3, 2023

Begins

Aug 14, 2023

Discovered

Jan 16, 2024

Scope determined

Feb 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by rhysida about this victim predates this filing by 186 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siterhysidabd_a20f01bece62e63c2023-08-25 · +175dVerified by operator
Leak Siterhysidabd_8ae5e09ce762a9922023-08-14 · +186dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b45517379abebaaa2024-02-16Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_e096a863b1d43bee2024-02-16Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_08eab472eefc37222024-02-14 · +2dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e614eab3878f05a22024-02-26 · +10dVerified by operator

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Pressrhysidabd_d6c0f52f7e7c7bba2023-08-14 · +186dCandidate

Name: Prince George's County Public Schools
norm: prince george s county public schools
Domain: pgcps.org
Industry: education

Name: Prince George's County Public Schools
norm: prince george s county public schools
Domain: pgcps.org
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 3, 2023 – Aug 14, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 16, 2024
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with outside forensic specialists
Restore impacted computer systems to operability
Performed a comprehensive review of the impacted data
Implemented additional processes and procedures
Providing you with the opportunity to enroll in ## months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional processes and procedures to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(186 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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PressAug 14 · first

Indiana State AG+184d

Maine State AG+186d

Massachusetts State AG+186d

Vermont State AG+186d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+196d

Pattern: first filing Aug 14, last Feb 26 (NH) — a 196-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-16-prince-george-county-public-schools-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: f6f6920b3760f7feeef9c687eeaf9ed366765832361362cc2d15fe58590a0f59

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPrince George's County Public Schools

Victim entityPrince George's County Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with outside forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov