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The Ellensburg School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2024

Filed

Aug 21, 2024

To disclose

6 days

Affected · nationwide

4,0881 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for The Ellensburg School District →

The Ellensburg School District experienced an external system breach (hacking) between July 18-19, 2023. The incident affected 4,088 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The data involved names combined with other personal identifiers. The breach was discovered on August 15, 2024, and notifications were sent on August 21, 2024. Credit monitoring services were offered.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 21, 20246d ✓ ME AG ≤30d6 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 394 days
discovery → filing · 6 days

Jul 18, 2023

Begins

Aug 15, 2024

Discovered

Aug 21, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first
Washington State AGAug 21 · first
Montana State AGAug 21 · first
Maine State AGAug 21 · 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.