MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareCapture Stored DataRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cape Cod Academy

bd_dab4f985a5e549e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 2, 2024

Filed

Oct 23, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Cape Cod Academy →

Cape Cod Academy reported a ransomware incident discovered on September 2, 2024, where servers were encrypted and a ransom note was found. A forensic investigation on September 18, 2024, confirmed the threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data. The school notified the NH Attorney General and offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals, including New Hampshire residents.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Sep 2, 2024

Discovered

Sep 18, 2024

Scope determined

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_51d695edf5cfdc592024-10-23Verified

Name: Cape Cod Academy
norm: cape cod academy

Name: Cape Cod Academy
norm: cape cod academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2024
Materiality determined: Sep 18, 2024
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Shutting off all access to the network
Engaging a specialized third-party forensic incident response firm to assist with securing and restoring the network environment and determining the extent of the compromise
Offering free credit monitoring
Changes made: Taking steps to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 23 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cape-cod-academy-20241023.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 23, 2024
Raw hash: 6e907004b5ad47a2936b3d97c5117b67c5efba6712113b7da09ef031b0fc0994

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCape Cod Academy

Victim entityCape Cod Academy

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2024

Stated responseShutting off all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov