Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

McPherson College

bd_07b0783073085ced · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 3, 2019

Filed

Jul 9, 2020

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for McPherson College →

McPherson College notified individuals that a single employee's email account was compromised, likely via phishing, in October 2019. The incident may have exposed names and addresses of students, applicants, and others. The college engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered one year of credit monitoring. No misuse was detected.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 280 days

Oct 3, 2019

Discovered

Jul 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1bb93de5fa07ff882020-07-10 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4d8119f614958dc62020-07-10 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c3f0dcf6f7b6f4282020-07-10 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1b8ffb38d03cb38a2020-07-17 · +8dVerified

Name: McPherson College
norm: mcpherson college

Name: McPherson College
norm: mcpherson college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate government regulators as required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a third-party computer forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Engaged a third-party e-discovery vendor to review the contents of the compromised email account
Took action to secure the email account
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Forced password changes
Strengthened the security of our email tenant
Reported the incident to the appropriate government regulators
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for one year
Changes made: Implementing multi-factor authentication
Forcing password changes
Strengthening the security of our email tenant
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(280 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJul 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jul 9 (MT), last Jul 17 (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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/McPherson-College-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2020
Raw hash: 1b53163772a44bb22fefec3dda1d39a90b721159560927ce16fe70ec29c03c40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcPherson College

Victim entityMcPherson College

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a third-party computer forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov