HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

San Diego Unified School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 25, 2022

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for San Diego Unified School District →2 incidents on file

San Diego Unified School District discovered unauthorized access to its systems on October 25, 2022. An investigation determined that certain files containing names, Social Security numbers, health plan information, and direct deposit information were taken by an unauthorized party. The district secured its network, launched an investigation, implemented additional security measures, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 302 days

Oct 25, 2022

Begins

Oct 25, 2022

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

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

Name: San Diego Unified School District
norm: san diego unified school district
Domain: sandiegounified.org

Name: San Diego Unified School District
norm: san diego unified school district
Domain: sandiegounified.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 25, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation
Implemented additional security measures to enhance our existing cybersecurity protocols
Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to enhance our existing cybersecurity protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(302 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-572286
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: 8e67c696eca1eaf55ef86a2d954822665e045409c7350f7015033a525e201ee4

Reporting entitySan Diego Unified School District

Victim entitySan Diego Unified School District

Incidentdiscovered Oct 25, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov