MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Pinal County Superintendent's Office

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2023

Filed

Nov 20, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pinal County Superintendent's Office →

Pinal County Superintendent's Office (PCSO) notified affected individuals of a network security incident discovered on September 25, 2023. The incident involved unauthorized access resulting in data encryption (ransomware). Potential PII compromised includes names, SSNs, and bank account/routing numbers. PCSO restored data from backups, engaged forensic investigators, and coordinated with law enforcement. Credit monitoring services were offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 25, 2023

Begins

Sep 25, 2023

Discovered

Nov 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7f192edc85c6bb522023-11-20Verified
Vermont State AGbd_00c3355f8c31f3c12023-11-22 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_88d4281f6a2b12222023-11-22 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_862e2ba29e59d01f2023-11-27 · +7dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_f720ac9b1ffd5e892023-11-27 · +7dVerified

Name: Pinal County Superintendent's Office
norm: pinal county superintendent s office

Name: Pinal County Superintendent's Office
norm: pinal county superintendent s office
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Sep 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: coordinated closely with state and federal law enforcement agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Restored its data from available and viable backups
Coordinated closely with state and federal law enforcement agencies to secure its environment
Retained an IT firm to conduct a thorough forensic investigation
Eliminating the vulnerability that was used by the unauthorized actor
Implementing additional security measures
Arranged to have Cyberscout, a TransUnion company, provide you with twenty-four (24) months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Identity Force and identity theft insurance
Changes made: Eliminating the vulnerability that was used by the unauthorized actor
Implementing additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 20 · first

Montana State AGNov 20 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (MA), last Nov 27 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1163.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2023
Raw hash: 74f02e8e8bd2c786481bb747af70954b596488c36f4c231fbf5aeefbf22fe716

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPinal County Superintendent's Office

Victim entityPinal County Superintendent's Office

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2023

Stated responseRestored its data from available and viable backups

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov