HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Cottonwood Union School District

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 17, 2024

Filed

Oct 9, 2024

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cottonwood Union School District →

Cottonwood Union School District notified individuals of a potential data breach discovered on May 17, 2024. An unauthorized third party may have accessed limited information including names. The district secured its network, engaged forensic specialists, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring services. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 145 days

May 17, 2024

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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

California State AGbd_185c3f002558267d2024-10-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_41c4cac6ba028f402024-10-09Verified

Name: Cottonwood Union School District
norm: cottonwood union school district

Name: Cottonwood Union School District
norm: cottonwood union school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 17, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2024
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured our network
Engaged a third-party team of forensic specialists
Undertook a thorough investigation
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(145 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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California State AGOct 9 · first

Indiana State AGOct 9 · first

Montana State AGOct 9 · 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1752.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2024
Raw hash: 022168ac1ddcd47a1c8244ebe0f38e260838cf41ddd25a04889a31a37b942418

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCottonwood Union School District

Victim entityCottonwood Union School District

Incidentdiscovered May 17, 2024

Stated responseSecured our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov