HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumActive

Wendell School District No. 232

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Jan 17, 2025

To disclose

10 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wendell School District No. 232 →

Wendell School District No. 232 and Kimberly School District #414 reported a cybersecurity incident involving their third-party vendor, PowerSchool. The incident, discovered on January 7, 2025, resulted in the exposure of Idaho residents' names and Social Security numbers. The Districts engaged legal counsel and a forensic firm, and are providing written notice and credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Jan 17, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Part of PowerSchool supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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

Name: ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
norm: eckert seamans cherin mellott

Name: Wendell School District No. 232
norm: wendell school district no 232
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDPII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via PowerSchool
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm
Ensure that proper written notice is provided to the impacted individuals
Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Changes made: Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/01/1-17-2025-Wendell-School-District-No.-232.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 17, 2025
Raw hash: db40add78c15e350270519cb49e05b0bf8b50aeb1afd4bb11d4ea09b3ab7b6da

Reporting entityECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC

Victim entityWendell School District No. 232

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov