HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

National Math and Science Initiative

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 13, 2021

Filed

Feb 7, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Math and Science Initiative →

National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) notified the California Attorney General of an incident where an unauthorized actor may have accessed certain systems between September 23, 2021, and October 18, 2021. NMSI discovered unusual activity on October 13, 2021. The incident potentially affected personal information including names and Social Security Numbers. NMSI secured the network, reset passwords, notified federal law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services. No evidence of actual misuse was found.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 117 days

Sep 23, 2021

Begins

Oct 13, 2021

Discovered

Feb 7, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by conti about this victim was first seen 109 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_a7d079ac84c8874f2021-10-21 · +109dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4182a4dc5d0f9b682022-02-07Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_a9f0bb460b4123a62022-02-07Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_dbb3d06883de0bf32022-02-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_109691ea26b4097e2022-02-08 · +1dVerified by operator

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South Carolina State AGbd_3db1dbaf5f5f93c82022-02-08 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f92cd1c957c555822022-02-11 · +4dVerified

Name: National Math and Science Initiative
norm: national math and science initiative
Domain: nms.org

Name: National Math and Science Initiative
norm: national math and science initiative
Domain: nms.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2021 – Oct 18, 2021
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement

During the incident: Moved quickly to secure the network
Began an investigation to identify what happened and confirm what information may have been affected
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the potentially accessed files and folders to determine whether they contained personal information
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information for purposes of providing notice to potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for 12/24 months through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(117 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGFeb 7 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AGFeb 7 · first

California State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-550761
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2022
Raw hash: b2e1dec40160f1a2b3fb1680c8b4daa44a77f5a541c6b1329797e493657ac70a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Math and Science Initiative

Victim entityNational Math and Science Initiative

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to secure the network

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov