Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Greater Amsterdam School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

Aug 27, 2025

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Greater Amsterdam School District →

Greater Amsterdam School District notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed district email accounts from Nov 2023 to Feb 2024 via phishing. Affected data included names, SSNs, and financial account numbers. The district engaged forensic experts and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday18 months 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 · 108 days

discovery → filing · 18 months / 546 days

Nov 12, 2023

Begins

Feb 28, 2024

Discovered

Aug 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+69 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_404cab907fdc51582025-08-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1fc1fb25fd05daaa2025-08-28 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bb1d6344f2bdccc72025-08-28 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_aa04d2e514e096b92025-09-02 · +6dVerified

Name: Greater Amsterdam School District
norm: greater amsterdam school district

Name: Greater Amsterdam School District
norm: greater amsterdam school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2023 – Feb 28, 2024
Undetected for: 108 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Aug 27, 2025
Notification sent: Aug 27, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Sent a communication to our community on May 28, 2024
Offering a complimentary membership for credit monitoring
Set up a dedicated, confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Reviewed and further enhanced safeguards to protect data in our care
Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(546 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 27 · first

Vermont State AGAug 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 27 (IN), last Sep 2 (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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-08-27-greater-amsterdam-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: Aug 27, 2025
Raw hash: 7efa068a8af23755d16f960e1f01fdacaae4d6b6eca6100c3c972d73b5b99d3e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreater Amsterdam School District

Victim entityGreater Amsterdam School District

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov