Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryAuthenticationFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 9, 2025

Filed

May 22, 2025

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

16,560state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation →2 incidents on file

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation reported a phishing-based cyberattack affecting 16,560 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between August 14, 2024, and January 17, 2025. The incident was discovered on January 9, 2025. Affected data included names, SSNs, and DOBs. The Foundation offered credit monitoring services.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d19 weeks 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 · 148 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Aug 14, 2024

Begins

Jan 9, 2025

Discovered

May 22, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16,560 affectedView incident

Name: Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation
norm: washington state opportunity scholarship
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation
norm: washington state opportunity scholarship
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 14, 2024 – Jan 17, 2025
Undetected for: 148 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16,560state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through CyberScout
Established a dedicated call center for affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33399.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2025
Raw hash: 4283d74956f1af6506c81037fea0d422f86e5e45ddaeec5a63042e3b5cf1e8c0

Reporting entityWashington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation

Victim entityWashington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2025

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through CyberScout

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com