MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Judson Independent School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 17, 2021

Filed

Sep 20, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

25state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Judson Independent School District →2 incidents on file

Judson Independent School District suffered a ransomware attack on June 17, 2021, resulting in unauthorized access to sensitive personal information including SSNs, financial data, and health information. The district engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and implemented security enhancements including MFA and AI-driven security. Identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Jun 17, 2021

Begins

Jun 17, 2021

Discovered

Sep 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25 affectedView incident

Name: Judson Independent School District
norm: judson independent school district

Name: Judson Independent School District
norm: judson independent school district
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 25state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the attack to federal, state and local law enforcement

During the incident: Promptly reported the attack to federal, state and local law enforcement
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic firm
Conducted a forensic investigation
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented artificial intelligence into our data and server security
Implemented multi-factor authentication into all of our computer systems and servers
Hardened our internal and external perimeter access points
Adopted control standards recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Removed access to USB drives and mapped personal drives
Prohibited personal computing devices from being used on or within JISD facilities
Regularly analyze our use of software and devices to ensure software is up to date
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-576.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2021
Raw hash: b8d82690ac4af00b9188e4fa35d694df6e5f9732218af75b65f9cb54face977f

Reporting entityJudson Independent School District

Victim entityJudson Independent School District

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2021

Stated responsePromptly reported the attack to federal, state and local law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov