HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedEducationIdentity (basic)MinorHighContained

Renton School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 4, 2022

Filed

Jun 22, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

20,509state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Renton School District →2 incidents on file

Renton School District notified Washington AG of a data breach involving a third-party vendor, Illuminate Education. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 28, 2021 – Jan 8, 2022. 20,509 WA residents affected. Data included student names, IDs, academic/behavior info. No SSN/financial data at risk. Notification sent June 17, 2022.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 127 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Dec 28, 2021

Begins

May 4, 2022

Discovered

Jun 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed20,509 affectedView incident

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Renton School District
norm: renton school district
Domain: rentonschools.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 4, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 28, 2021 – Jan 8, 2022
Undetected for: 127 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 17, 2022
Affected individuals: 20,509state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Minor
Data elements: NameStudent ID number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Notified 20,509 potentially affected Washington residents by first class U.S. mail
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Rotated credentials for the impacted applications
Launched an investigation with external forensic specialists
Conducted a review of policies and procedures and implemented additional security measures
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to protect the security of information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13493.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2022
Raw hash: fafc6ad85375d69f17018e3d0ec9fa72c8c29036018f0bf5e5aea7ec9a9e4c01

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityRenton School District

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2022

Stated responseNotified 20,509 potentially affected Washington residents by first class U.S. mail

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com