Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Western Technical College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 24, 2019

Filed

Mar 22, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Western Technical College →2 incidents on file

Western Technical College notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident where unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between Oct 10-12, 2018. One account contained student/graduate names and SSNs. 4 NH residents were notified on March 21, 2019, and offered credit monitoring. MFA was implemented.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 106 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Oct 10, 2018

Begins

Jan 24, 2019

Discovered

Mar 22, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_aac0876a4a391f482019-03-21 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac80363afc6ca8e52019-03-21 · +1dVerified

Name: Western Technical College
norm: western technical college

Name: Western Technical College
norm: western technical college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 10, 2018 – Oct 12, 2018
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2019
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading data security firm to assist
Undertook a thorough review of the contents of the employee email accounts
Secured the email accounts
Established a dedicated call center
Offered individuals a complimentary one-year membership to identity theft restoration and credit monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Implementation of multi-factor authentication for email
Additional procedures to further expand and strengthen its security processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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/western-technical-college-20190322.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2019
Raw hash: 333c1fc6d907d890d7b28f42926da05724e8fdec319b954bd4bad969de17df16

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWestern Technical College

Victim entityWestern Technical College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a leading data security firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov