HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Charleston County School District

bd_c6f3e272efa82a3e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

Apr 29, 2025

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Charleston County School District →

Charleston County School District experienced an IT outage on July 16, 2024, which led to the discovery of unauthorized access by an unknown actor between July 16 and July 19, 2024. The actor acquired files containing personal information, including names and potentially other data elements. The district engaged external cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI and SLED, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals. The incident has been contained.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Jul 16, 2024

Begins

Jul 16, 2024

Discovered

Apr 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim predates this filing by 285 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_f27b2f5dc3327ab22024-07-26 · +277dVerified by operator
Leak Siteransomhubbd_0197f2125253fc3b2024-07-18 · +285dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_31165615b8e21cbf2025-04-29Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_3a3a75acc2f6a7092025-04-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_495df9fa415666ff2025-04-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6c8d31fbc9f5e8b12025-04-29Verified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 277d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b5c9e9ef8bccac9f2025-04-29Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_1686029f5e7ec2222025-04-30 · +1dVerified
Pressransomhubbd_d4632cacac1147592024-07-26 · +277dCandidate

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2024 – Jul 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts
Took steps to secure our IT environment
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dVT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

PressJul 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+277d

Nebraska State AG+277d

Maine State AG+277d

Indiana State AG+277d

Massachusetts State AG+277d

Vermont State AG+277d · this page

South Carolina State AG+278d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26, last Apr 30 (SC) — a 278-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-29-charleston-county-school-district-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2025
Raw hash: c3f9441b1ec794022ca843e45261a00bf1b7e35a4482836551068f1a8ed140bb

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharleston County School District

Victim entityCharleston County School District

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov