HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 16, 2023

Filed

Mar 2, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,7931 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Alliance College-Ready Public Schools →4 incidents on file

Alliance College Ready Public Schools experienced an external system breach (hacking) on September 16, 2023. The incident affected 8,793 individuals, including one Maine resident. The breach compromised names and driver's license numbers. The entity notified affected individuals in writing on February 2, 2024, and provided 12 months of TransUnion credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 16, 2023 → Filed with AG Mar 2, 2024168d ✗ ME AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Sep 16, 2023

Begins

Sep 16, 2023

Discovered

Mar 2, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by dispossessor about this victim predates this filing by 173 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_acb0cc2ab81fab372024-02-22 · +9dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c76c7b22e8387f272024-02-22 · +9dCandidate

Name: Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
norm: alliance college ready public schools
Domain: laalliance.org

Name: Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
norm: alliance college ready public schools
Domain: laalliance.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 16, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2024
Affected individuals: 8,793state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 Months of TransUnion credit monitoring alerts
Provided $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 168dME resident >60d · 139dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 16, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2024
168d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 16, 2023
→ Notified: Feb 2, 2024
139d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 16, 2023 → Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2024	168d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 16, 2023 → Notified: Feb 2, 2024	139d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first

Montana State AGFeb 22 · first

Maine State AG+9d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (NH), last Mar 2 (ME) — a 9-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/203d380a-a931-4cff-b8d2-75f95a7ee77c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2024
Raw hash: 0d9a33c4b4e420953e01de00bd5ba342b2094d179e21a1d8c13202e986e7a20c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlliance College-Ready Public Schools

Victim entityAlliance College-Ready Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov