HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Connecticut College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2023

Filed

Feb 7, 2024

To disclose

49 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Connecticut College →5 incidents on file

Connecticut College notified consumers of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed files containing names, SSNs, and potentially education, financial, and health records. The incident was detected on March 3, 2023, and contained. Forensic investigation confirmed data exposure in January 2024. The college offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday49 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 49 weeks / 341 days

Mar 3, 2023

Discovered

Feb 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+40 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_440a249b2323b0c02024-02-07Verified
Montana State AGbd_4ab94e513c0ebf6d2024-02-07Candidate
Maine State AGbd_96ece187cc7fdefa2024-02-07Verified
California State AGbd_add1502cea9bc4e52024-02-08 · +1dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_614ea896821492e72024-02-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Connecticut College
norm: connecticut college

Name: Connecticut College
norm: connecticut college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly contained the incident
Commenced a thorough investigation
Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, was involved
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit Monitoring for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 49 weeks(341 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AGFeb 7 · first

Maine State AGFeb 7 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (IN), last Feb 12 (NH) — a 5-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-07-connecticut-college-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2024
Raw hash: d29ce4261c5f504d0fc75dbea937adc499a8eeedbc6aeb8ec79a9c2a6e0dfd05

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConnecticut College

Victim entityConnecticut College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2023

Stated responsePromptly contained the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov