HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Portland Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 6, 2026

Filed

Feb 5, 2026

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

23state residents only

Linked

9 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Portland Public Schools →

Portland Public Schools notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized network access occurring on or about February 2, 2025. Investigation determined on January 6, 2026, that names and Social Security numbers of 23 NH residents were accessed. PPS provided notification on January 30, 2026, and offered complimentary credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d4 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

undetected · 338 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Feb 2, 2025

Begins

Jan 6, 2026

Discovered

Feb 5, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 9 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim was first seen 336 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_284650abec0dbc822025-01-05 · +396dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1dac121a5c3846d32026-01-30 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_24c550503f100c932026-01-30 · +6dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_3436d86a834137e32026-01-30 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_44b23776f3d68b212026-01-30 · +6dVerified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Indiana State AGbd_7d0298ae14e91fec2026-01-30 · +6dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_c089e457a397121d2026-01-30 · +6dVerified

Press reports (1)

Pressransomhubbd_e9858b64a519a51a2025-01-05 · +396dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Portland Public Schools
norm: portland public schools
Domain: portlandschools.org
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 6, 2026
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2025
Undetected for: 338 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2026
Affected individuals: 23state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notification to New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Extensive forensic investigation and comprehensive document review
Providing the affected residents with notification of this incident
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security number was potentially impacted by the incident with complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 30 · first

Maine State AGJan 30 · first

Delaware State AGJan 30 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 30 · first

Indiana State AGJan 30 · first

Vermont State AGJan 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 30 (MA), last Feb 5 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/portland-public-schools-20260205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2026
Raw hash: f97598e103671535801427c5d0a34775f02c4288e07ccb54201beb812c5370b7

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityPortland Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jan 6, 2026

Stated responseInitiated a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov