HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Hays 489 USD

bd_cdb2a216294494a7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 7, 2022

Filed

Dec 13, 2022

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hays 489 USD →

Hays 489 USD, a school district in Montana, disclosed a cybersecurity incident discovered on February 7, 2022, involving unauthorized access to student information and employee email accounts. The breach exposed PII, including names and other identifiers. The district engaged forensic consultants, reset credentials, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 44 weeks / 309 days

Feb 7, 2022

Discovered

Dec 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Hays 489 USD
norm: hays 489 usd

Name: Hays 489 USD
norm: hays 489 usd
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Employed a cyber security consulting firm
Conducted password resets for all accounts
Increased password complexity requirements
Initiated multi-factor authentication
Conducted cyber security and phishing trainings
Conducted phishing assessments
Improved email anti-phishing measures
Deployed patch management solutions
Upgraded network hardware to improve network monitoring
Improved backup processes
Initiated network segmentation
Deployed endpoint detection and response software
Tightened numerous security protocols
Limited externally exposed systems
Decommissioned outdated hardware and software
Migrated numerous services to the cloud
Employed various active deception technologies
Implemented continuous security monitoring practices
Adopted best practices based on cyber security frameworks
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Initiated multi-factor authentication
Deployed endpoint detection and response software
Initiated network segmentation
Migrated numerous services to the cloud
Implemented continuous security monitoring practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(309 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-7.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 13, 2022
Raw hash: d98a39b4e91924545208c2d025ff33dba602459ccaa4cbc66f07140fb2a09afe

Reporting entityHays 489 USD

Victim entityHays 489 USD

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2022

Stated responseEmployed a cyber security consulting firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov