HackingEducationFinancial ServicesEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumContained

Carruth Compliance Consulting

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

27 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carruth Compliance Consulting →

Lincoln County School District notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. The incident, occurring on December 21, 2024, potentially exposed names, SSNs, financial account info, and other PII of current/former employees and beneficiaries. 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

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 27 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteskirabd_3e00870e56c719fd2025-03-06 · +6dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0a37cd427731d3e12025-02-28Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_196889d710f581d22025-02-28Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_3864316e5f19597a2025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_ad1a1b0edc87893f2025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_c114429cd13bacd52025-03-03 · +3dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_24724e3a1f0ebd4c2025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_59c06a72fdcaf3092025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_699eeae16e8cb3a42025-03-12 · +12dVerified
Montana State AGbd_83d9e926f5c0d1af2025-03-12 · +12dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 26 linked disclosures.

Name: Lincoln County School District
norm: lincoln county school district
Domain: ncompliance.com

Name: Carruth Compliance Consulting
norm: carruth compliance consulting
Domain: ncompliance.com
Industry: EducationllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began working with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering you the opportunity to enroll in 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 · 10 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGFeb 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 28 · first

Montana State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

Nebraska State AG+12d

Montana State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (MT), last Mar 12 (MT) — a 12-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 26 — the full spread may be wider.

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-46.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: c1af1263f2547d026dea4b3b1749e90949f2bc26b7e8d38562f92b99bba5bc93

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLincoln County School District

Victim entityCarruth Compliance Consulting

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