Social EngineeringTransportation & LogisticsTransportationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

Aug 8, 2024

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,0164 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC. →

Student Transportation of America (STA) reported a data breach affecting 5,016 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts via phishing, leading to the exposure of names and Social Security numbers. STA engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 24, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 8, 2024197d ✗ ME AG >90d28 weeks 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 · 7 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 197 days

Jan 17, 2024

Begins

Jan 24, 2024

Discovered

Aug 8, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0fa8b4c088a6959b2024-08-08Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_120ff8acd6aaf4952024-08-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_19e309ad87559e212024-08-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_1d705831f299146f2024-08-08Verified

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California State AGbd_3ad69f7896265a112024-08-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d8f93da843e377f22024-08-08Verified

Name: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: student transportation of america
Domain: ridesta.com

Name: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: student transportation of america
Domain: ridesta.com
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 17, 2024
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 5,016state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying state regulators, as necessarynotifying the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the contents of the email accounts
Notified law enforcement
Provided individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Cyberscout
Enhanced its existing security protocols
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security protocols
Took prompt steps to ensure security of its email tenant
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(197 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 197dME resident >60d · 197d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 8, 2024
197d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 8, 2024
197d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 24, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 8, 2024	197d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 24, 2024 → Notified: Aug 8, 2024	197d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGAug 8 · first

Vermont State AGAug 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 8 · first

Indiana State AGAug 8 · first

California State AGAug 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 8 · first

Maine State AGAug 8 · first · this page

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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-a1252b4f8318/989d2557-57b9-4d62-b318-db93d3fbb1b3.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2024
Raw hash: 57396cb623a2c843d7add9cbce607582d131a958319b689d0376b54764380e8d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySTUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Victim entitySTUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov