HackingEducationGovernmentEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Mendocino County Office of Education

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 25, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mendocino County Office of Education →2 incidents on file

Mendocino County Office of Education (MCOE) experienced a network disruption on March 6, 2023, in which an unauthorized individual accessed portions of their network. The organization engaged third-party specialists, investigated the incident, and notified law enforcement. A data review completed June 12, 2023 identified potentially impacted individuals, who were offered credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout/Identity Force.

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Incident timeline

Mar 6, 2023

Begins

Jul 25, 2023

Filed

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

Name: Mendocino County Office of Education
norm: mendocino county office of education
Domain: mcoe.us

Name: Mendocino County Office of Education
norm: mendocino county office of education
Domain: mcoe.us
Industry: EducationllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General (SB 24 breach notification submitted)

During the incident: Conducted an investigation, including working with third-party specialists
Reviewed our policies and procedures for data security
Notified law enforcement
Conducted a review to determine the type of information contained on our network
Providing potentially impacted individuals access to credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reviewed policies and procedures for data security
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services through Cyberscout/Identity Force
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-570831
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2023
Raw hash: a4abd0a6f918327b31b9a6abf43734739daafbf221b0404ba0353270c55da018

Reporting entityMendocino County Office of Education

Victim entityMendocino County Office of Education

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseConducted an investigation, including working with third-party specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov