Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Claremont Lincoln University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 29, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Claremont Lincoln University →

Claremont Lincoln University notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between June 1 and July 2, 2020. Affected data included names and Social Security Numbers. CLU changed credentials, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via IDX. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 177 days

Jun 1, 2020

Begins

Jun 29, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 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

Montana State AGbd_3b63385b8c070dc32020-12-15 · +8dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b66aef784d303e062020-12-15 · +8dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_bf2cc7fefa9ec6f22020-12-15 · +8dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Claremont Lincoln University
norm: claremont lincoln university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2020 – Jul 2, 2020
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the email account credentials
Investigated to confirm the security of its email network
Reviewed the contents of the accounts
Engaged third-party computer specialists
Offered identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Conducting additional employee training
Implementing additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(177 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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Montana State AGDec 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 15 · first

Indiana State AGDec 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 15 (MT), last Dec 23 (NH) — a 8-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/claremont-lincoln-university-20201223.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2020
Raw hash: bde6efa57d32471c51bec4a3be0775d26cd788b1a9e9c43a34e462b83de5afe4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityClaremont Lincoln University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2020

Stated responseChanged the email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov