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HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Newton Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 19, 2024

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

10,545scope not determined

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Newton Public Schools →

Newton Public Schools experienced an external system breach on March 23, 2023, which was discovered on February 19, 2024. The breach affected 10,545 Maine residents, compromising their names and financial account information, including credit/debit card numbers with access codes. Affected individuals were notified on March 15, 2024, and offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 19, 2024 → Filed with AG Mar 20, 202430d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 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 · 333 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Mar 23, 2023

Begins

Feb 19, 2024

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMar 15 · first
Montana State AGMar 15 · first
Massachusetts State AGMar 15 · first
Maine State AG+5d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 15 (IN), last Mar 21 (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.