MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Haywood County School District

bd_d8df87f85dc0a252 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 24, 2020

Filed

Jan 5, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Haywood County School District →

Haywood County Schools notified individuals of a data security incident occurring August 21-24, 2020, discovered August 24, 2020. The incident involved unauthorized access and data encryption (ransomware). Personal information was potentially accessed. The school engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI and NC authorities, and offered one year of IDX identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d19 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Aug 21, 2020

Begins

Aug 24, 2020

Discovered

Jan 5, 2021

Filed

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

A leak claim by suncrypt about this victim was first seen 123 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesuncryptbd_11f66462a45957242020-08-24 · +134dCandidate

Name: Haywood County School District
norm: haywood county school district

Name: Haywood County School District
norm: haywood county school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 21, 2020 – Aug 24, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the North Carolina Division of Emergency ManagementNotified the National Guard

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity experts
Issued a press release to notify the school community
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
Notified the National Guard
Provided complimentary one-year enrollment in IDX identity protection
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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.

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/Haywood-County-Schools-Sample-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 5, 2021
Raw hash: 46e8e517fb3ad875ca6459af3320685f3a6bdba9354217a90fd63339a7a79f66

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityHaywood County School District

Victim entityHaywood County School District

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov