MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Adams Friendship Area School District

bd_ae081b18a856cccd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 15, 2022

Filed

Feb 17, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Adams Friendship Area School District →

Adams Friendship Area School District experienced a ransomware incident between Nov 3-15, 2022. Compromised data included names, DOBs, SSNs, health insurance, and financial account info. Notices sent Jan 24, 2023. Credit monitoring offered via IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Nov 3, 2022

Begins

Nov 15, 2022

Discovered

Feb 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_a00082a5d52d05df2022-12-16 · +63dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_082194fbab2ad8f62023-01-24 · +24dVerified

Name: Adams Friendship Area School District
norm: adams friendship area school district

Name: Adams Friendship Area School District
norm: adams friendship area school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 3, 2022 – Nov 15, 2022
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact to our community
Working with cybersecurity counsel to determine the actions to take in response to the incident
Arranged for you to enroll in a complementary, credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Strengthening our systems’ security to prevent a similar event from occurring again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGJan 24 · first

Montana State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 24 (IN), last Feb 17 (MT) — a 24-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-79.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2023
Raw hash: a7f6666eaf3049b97124ed2b3957e78b090d8b952b40867bbefefc6878e851a0

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdams Friendship Area School District

Victim entityAdams Friendship Area School District

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov