MalwareEducationEducationRansomwarePhishingInterlockRansom DemandedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Madison Elementary School District #38

bd_b0440ab4bd0d7a21 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 7, 2025

Filed

Sep 23, 2025

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Madison Elementary School District #38 →

Madison Elementary School District 38 notified consumers of a ransomware attack discovered on April 7, 2025. A threat actor claiming to be 'Interlock' used social engineering (phishing) to gain access. Personal information was potentially exposed. The District engaged IDX to provide credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday24 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

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Apr 7, 2025

Discovered

Sep 23, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 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

Maine State AGInterlockbd_0afe243d25c383c92025-09-23Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fecbd986424ead4d2025-09-23Verified

Name: Madison Elementary School District #38
norm: madison elementary school district 38

Name: Madison Elementary School District #38
norm: madison elementary school district 38
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware· Interlock
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InterlockExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reviewed its internal procedures and enhanced its security awareness
Secured the services of IDX, the data breach and recovery services expert
Offered 12/24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offered a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered fully managed ID theft recovery services
Changes made: Enhanced its security awareness
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGSep 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 23 · first

Vermont State AGSep 23 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-09-23-madison-elementary-school-district-38-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2025
Raw hash: a583520bda3e764c0f1ab2a5c65d3421139725aed8652ee4ab4cf80749123a22

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMadison Elementary School District #38

Victim entityMadison Elementary School District #38

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2025

Stated responseReviewed its internal procedures and enhanced its security awareness

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov