HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mars Area School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2022

Filed

Nov 2, 2022

To disclose

22 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mars Area School District →

Mars Area School District experienced unauthorized network access around September 26, 2022, resulting in the exfiltration of personal information including names and government IDs. The district discovered the incident on October 11, 2022, contained the threat, notified law enforcement, and engaged Kroll to provide one year of complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Sep 26, 2022

Begins

Oct 11, 2022

Discovered

Nov 2, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

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

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_412a01993de0c6492023-04-24 · +173dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_99980afc74211b5c2023-04-24 · +173dVerified
Montana State AGbd_a406f56a4ad726742023-04-24 · +173dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_2530a702013b3b442023-05-01 · +180dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Oct 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2022
Undetected for: 15 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: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 2 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+173d

HHS OCR+173d

Montana State AG+173d

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-679.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 2, 2022
Raw hash: 3dc862f5a709fdc1112fe4e15eba88748d24f47ce88e399e3d91a9d8ffc19a74

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMars Area School District

Victim entityMars Area School District

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2022

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov