HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Edmonds School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 19, 2023

Filed

Jan 5, 2024

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

145,84410 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Edmonds School District →4 incidents on file

Edmonds School District experienced an external system breach (hacking) between January 16 and 31, 2023, discovered on December 19, 2023. The incident affected 145,844 individuals, including 10 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers. The District provided written notifications and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d17 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 337 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Jan 16, 2023

Begins

Dec 19, 2023

Discovered

Jan 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed145,844 affectedView incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 339 days.View originating leak claim

Name: Edmonds School District
norm: edmonds school district
Domain: edmonds.wednet.edu

Name: Edmonds School District
norm: edmonds school district
Domain: edmonds.wednet.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 19, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 16, 2023 – Jan 31, 2023
Undetected for: 337 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 145,844state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 Months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0f35bb79-b560-45a7-9cef-e18f8cb067e4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 5, 2024
Raw hash: 68dfdd5ede26bd6aa39abd9b05b35531e0749649d02770eef85b34b999c0e2e6

Reporting entityEdmonds School District

Victim entityEdmonds School District

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov