HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentEducationHighContained

Maricopa County Community Colleges District

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 29, 2013

Filed

Nov 27, 2013

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1,420state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Maricopa County Community Colleges District →2 incidents on file

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) notified New Hampshire AG of a security incident where IT systems were accessed without authorization. The FBI informed MCCCD on April 29, 2013 that databases were listed for sale. Investigation revealed employee misconduct contributed to vulnerabilities. 1,420 NH residents affected. Data included SSNs, DOBs, financial info. MCCCD engaged Kroll for forensics, installed firewalls, and provided credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 212 days

Apr 29, 2013

Discovered

Nov 27, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_e954e48dee303abb2013-12-02 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_1cfe7f6b92652b832013-12-06 · +9dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_c3cee8c986067bd52013-12-13 · +16dVerified

Name: Maricopa County Community Colleges District
norm: maricopa county community colleges district
Domain: maricopa.edu

Name: Maricopa County Community Colleges District
norm: maricopa county community colleges district
Domain: maricopa.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2013
Affected individuals: 1,420state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentEducation
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIProvided extensive briefing to the Arizona Auditor General’s OfficeProvided extensive briefing to the Higher Learning Commission
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged Kroll Advisory Services to assist with the investigation
Notified the FBI
Retained Wilson Elser as outside counsel
Mailing of notification letters commenced
Provided continuous credit monitoring and enhanced identity theft consultation and restoration
Changes made: Installed a Palo Alto Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Installed and configured an Oracle Database Firewall
Implemented shunning technology and risk tools
Created a Chief Information Security Officer position
Reconfiguring IT structure to ensure increased accountability
Revising security policies
Initiating employment action against ITS employees
Conducted a comprehensive review of its ITS department
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(212 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 27 · first · this page

California State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Hawaii State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Nov 27 (NH), last Dec 13 (HI) — a 16-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/maricopa-county-college-20131127.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2013
Raw hash: 3d352057451afc6c826b00403c4c903903fafdb8cd4c73eb3bf5a9f392676f8a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMaricopa County Community Colleges District

Victim entityMaricopa County Community Colleges District

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2013

Stated responseEngaged Kroll Advisory Services to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov