MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Relay Graduate School of Education

bd_c80b5331fb75dd34 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 22, 2024

Filed

Jan 10, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Relay Graduate School of Education →

Relay Graduate School of Education disclosed a November 22, 2024 incident where a threat actor accessed AWS-hosted applications, deleted files, and potentially accessed student PII including names, contact info, and DOB. SSNs were encrypted and likely not accessed. The organization engaged forensic counsel, reset passwords, and provided credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 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

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Nov 22, 2024

Discovered

Jan 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7b1f9e1d3df6495b2025-01-10Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_9d870e623a9ae5842025-01-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_b1224ac7d58ce76e2025-01-13 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2d96bd287bb1138b2025-01-14 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 307d gap

Maine State AGbd_805f3fd11c66444b2025-01-14 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_282b1c76db111cf72025-01-01 · +9dCandidate
Maryland State AGbd_5378ee106cc16cc32025-11-13 · +307dVerified

Name: Relay Graduate School of Education
norm: relay graduate school of education

Name: Relay Graduate School of Education
norm: relay graduate school of education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 10, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Severing the threat actor’s access to the environment
Restoring the deleted files from backups
Reset IT passwords
Harden our network
Engaged cybersecurity counsel and a forensics firm
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Harden our network against future attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+9d

Nebraska State AG+9d

Vermont State AG+9d · this page

Montana State AG+12d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Maine State AG+13d

Maryland State AG+316d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 13 (MD) — a 316-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/2025-01-10-relay-graduate-school-education-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 10, 2025
Raw hash: 8fdf1296c7b1329b912eca85c267cf25b50c999cacc6e4558ec4d6645afef1cc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRelay Graduate School of Education

Victim entityRelay Graduate School of Education

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2024

Stated responseSevering the threat actor’s access to the environment

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov