HackingEducationTechnologyEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EducationMinorMediumContained

Ventura Unified School District

bd_e9d7fa20b3cce9f0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 8, 2022

Filed

Jun 10, 2022

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Ventura Unified School District →

Illuminate Education, a technology provider for schools, notified Ventura Unified School District and affected individuals of unauthorized access to databases containing student and staff information. The incident occurred between December 28, 2021, and January 8, 2022, and was discovered on January 8, 2022. Affected data included names and other basic identity information for minors and adults. No Social Security numbers or financial information were compromised. Illuminate Education engaged forensic specialists, rotated credentials, and offered identity monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 8, 2022 → Notified Jun 10, 2022153d ✗ CA 60-day late22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Dec 28, 2021

Begins

Jan 8, 2022

Discovered

Jun 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

Name: Illuminate Education, Inc
norm: illuminate education

Name: Ventura Unified School District
norm: ventura unified school district
Domain: venturausd.org
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 28, 2021 – Jan 8, 2022
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 10, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)EducationMinor
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Illuminate Education, Inc.

During the incident: Took steps to secure the affected applications
Launched an investigation with external forensic specialists
Rotated credentials for the impacted applications
Conducted a review of policies and procedures
Implemented additional security measures
Offering 12 months of identity monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to protect the security of information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 153d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 8, 2022
→ Notified: Jun 10, 2022
153d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 8, 2022 → Notified: Jun 10, 2022	153d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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/sb24-554180
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2022
Raw hash: 68e47e2f31b657cd62e39107c0848abb8db227da01820467fa981af80ef552de

Reporting entityIlluminate Education, Inc

Victim entityVentura Unified School District

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the affected applications

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov