HackingEducationFinancial ServicesEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHIMediumContained

Hermiston School District/Carruth Compliance Consulting

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2024

Filed

Mar 12, 2025

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hermiston School District/Carruth Compliance Consulting →

Hermiston School District notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on December 21, 2024, potentially exposing names, SSNs, financial account info, and driver's license numbers. Notices were sent on February 28, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Dec 21, 2024

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Hermiston School District/Carruth Compliance Consulting
norm: hermiston school district carruth compliance consulting
Domain: hermiston.k12.or.us

Name: Hermiston School District/Carruth Compliance Consulting
norm: hermiston school district carruth compliance consulting
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: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

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
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-234.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2025
Raw hash: 4a7a84cd627c54f0c70ae06809798b39a98a10f9bb23adf2c0b77721db72eea5

Reporting entityHermiston School District/Carruth Compliance Consulting

Victim entityHermiston School District/Carruth 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