Social EngineeringEducationEducationBECCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Buckingham County Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 20, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

861 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Buckingham County Public Schools →

Buckingham County Public Schools reported a business email compromise incident on June 20, 2023, affecting 86 individuals. The breach resulted in the acquisition of names and driver's license numbers. One Maine resident was affected. The school provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 20, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 21, 202331d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jun 20, 2023

Begins

Jun 20, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed86 affectedView incident

Name: Buckingham County Public Schools
norm: buckingham county public schools

Name: Buckingham County Public Schools
norm: buckingham county public schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 20, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 86state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24-months of credit/identity monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian Identity works
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 20, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 21, 2023
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 20, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 21, 2023	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/07f0ee5b-8c7b-4df3-a3f1-609676bdec70.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2023
Raw hash: cefda5b012d35b61a0ede4fc92c58e7d8c57b7d7fdadfa405f5af0092f4b27e9

Reporting entityBuckingham County Public Schools

Victim entityBuckingham County Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov