MalwareIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pulaski County Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 5, 2023

Filed

Dec 5, 2023

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pulaski County Public Schools →

Pulaski County Public Schools suffered a ransomware attack in November 2023. The incident involved encryption of servers and potential exfiltration of student data including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and medical information. PCPS engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI and Virginia State Police, and offered credit monitoring services to affected students.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 5, 2023

Discovered

Dec 5, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_74e727ed6f8853492023-12-07 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_21bfffc0a794f4192023-12-11 · +6dVerified

Name: Pulaski County Public Schools
norm: pulaski county public schools

Name: Pulaski County Public Schools
norm: pulaski county public schools

Discovered: Nov 5, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 5, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI Cyber Crimes DivisionNotified the Virginia State Police’s Fusion Intelligence Center

During the incident: Engaged leading outside cybersecurity experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity and remediate the incident
Notified the FBI Cyber Crimes Division and the Virginia State Police’s Fusion Intelligence Center of this attack
Arranged for free identity monitoring in addition to Experian’s ID protection services
Changes made: Continuing to evaluate additional actions to strengthen our network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 5 (MT), last Dec 11 (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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-917.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 5, 2023
Raw hash: 93662448d6cce63296b7e6e13598cc1192d6269d0d5b9ca2846bfbee63899eab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPulaski County Public Schools

Victim entityPulaski County Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Nov 5, 2023

Stated responseEngaged leading outside cybersecurity experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity and remediate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov