HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsCredentialsHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pennsylvania State Education Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 18, 2025

Filed

Mar 19, 2025

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania State Education Association →2 incidents on file

Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) disclosed a data security incident occurring on or about July 6, 2024. The unauthorized actor accessed files containing personal information including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, passwords, and health insurance information. PSEA engaged external cybersecurity professionals, notified law enforcement, and provided free credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d29 days 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 · 227 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jul 6, 2024

Begins

Feb 18, 2025

Discovered

Mar 19, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by rhysida about this victim predates this filing by 256 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_118ed495b3e5b1fd2025-03-18 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_18c2400cad54db482025-03-18 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_410f8f4728a914372025-03-18 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_4eadf3bce2328f762025-03-18 · +1dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 2d gap

Montana State AGbd_8b3ad0c34719e9662025-03-18 · +1dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_b6cf1deaa264fa8a2025-03-18 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_e3037620ed0e1d3f2025-03-18 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_86a32e9f685891e12025-03-17 · +2dCandidate
Nebraska State AGbd_cf0a4f5883e3837c2025-03-17 · +2dVerified

Name: Pennsylvania State Education Association
norm: pennsylvania state education
Domain: psea.org

Name: Pennsylvania State Education Association
norm: pennsylvania state education
Domain: psea.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2024
Undetected for: 227 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 19, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsCredentialsHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Took steps... to ensure that the data taken by the unauthorized actor was deleted
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools
Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dVT AG >14 bday
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMar 17 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 17 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Maryland State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+2d · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-03-19-pennsylvania-state-education-association-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2025
Raw hash: 0720c536b73e847c54aece79cb61e2f11e9a823c167445ff15398907b4caea74

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPennsylvania State Education Association

Victim entityPennsylvania State Education Association

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2025

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov