HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHIMediumContained

Columbia Gorge Education Service District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Columbia Gorge Education Service District →

Columbia Gorge Education Service District notified individuals of a data security incident involving third-party administrator Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on December 21, 2024, potentially exposing names, SSNs, financial account info, and driver's licenses. FBI was notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Dec 21, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_bf07e3dc240c49542025-03-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Columbia Gorge Education Service District
norm: columbia gorge education service district
Domain: cgesd.k12.or.us

Name: Columbia Gorge Education Service District
norm: columbia gorge education service district
Domain: cgesd.k12.or.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-55.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: eb560a1a77a901fabe52de38177e2e53d92e8836589e633ac357ac0a4f0d41aa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbia Gorge Education Service District

Victim entityColumbia Gorge Education Service District

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2024

Stated responseBegan working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov