HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowContained

North Orange County Community College District

bd_08c4560773f95b7a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

Mar 25, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for North Orange County Community College District →

North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) experienced unauthorized access to Cypress College and Fullerton College networks between December 7, 2021, and January 10, 2022. The incident was discovered on January 10, 2022. Sensitive information, including names and employment-related data for staff, faculty, and potentially students, may have been viewed or taken. NOCCCD engaged forensic specialists, deployed threat protection tools, implemented multi-factor authentication, and reported the incident to the FBI. Credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Dec 7, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2022

Discovered

Mar 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1b8bdba0110307d32022-03-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_4c2cb50347a6bc302022-03-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_fb480a363c03778b2022-03-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dfdf53d2a2d76ffa2022-03-28 · +3dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 67d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d53a48e5c1598bb12022-04-04 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_5bba2129dab58ac22022-05-24 · +60dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a594205c18f354a02022-05-31 · +67dVerified

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2021 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the FBIReporting to regulatory authorities

During the incident: Began investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists
Took steps to confirm the security of our systems
Deployed an advanced threat protection and monitoring tool
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Reporting to regulatory authorities and the major credit reporting agencies
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12/24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Reported this incident to the FBI
Changes made: Implemented cybersecurity measures, such as multi-factor authentication
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies related to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMar 25 · first

Maine State AGMar 25 · first

Montana State AGMar 25 · first

California State AGMar 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

California State AG+60d

New Hampshire State AG+67d

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (IN), last May 31 (NH) — a 67-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-551998
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2022
Raw hash: c1662c9c350662ed7a417b9dd6d023cde0b6dc9c6684aa53f6d24d91c0240ea9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Victim entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2022

Stated responseBegan investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov