HackingProfessional ServicesEducationProfessional ServicesSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Northwest Regional Education Service District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 12, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northwest Regional Education Service District →3 incidents on file

Carruth Compliance Consulting, a third-party administrator for retirement plans, experienced a data security incident on December 21, 2024, where personal information was acquired without authorization. Northwest Regional Education Service District notified approximately 3 Maryland residents on March 12, 2025. Affected data may include names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account info, and medical billing info. Carruth engaged third-party specialists and notified the FBI. Identity protection services are being offered.

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Incident timeline

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

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

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_03c9166d39c41f732025-03-12Verified
Vermont State AGbd_acabaf53ae628c3b2025-03-12Verified by operator

Name: Northwest Regional Education Service District
norm: northwest regional education service district
Domain: nwresd.org

Name: Northwest Regional Education Service District
norm: northwest regional education service district
Domain: nwresd.org
Industry: Professional ServicesllmEducationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions about the incident
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Provided steps individuals can take to protect their personal information
Changes made: Offering the opportunity to enroll in complimentary identity protection services including 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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Massachusetts State AGMar 12 · first

Vermont State AGMar 12 · first

Maryland State AGMar 12 · 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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376539.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2025
Raw hash: af22d3f1677bd4ef5789da70a61236cf3f1e3a4b24acc982b92ac81df6bc43b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Regional Education Service District

Victim entityNorthwest Regional Education Service District

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov