HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Valencia College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 9, 2020

Filed

Jun 26, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Valencia College →

Valencia College notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Nov 27, 2019 and Jan 8, 2020. Discovered Jan 9, 2020. One NH resident affected; data included name and SSN. Remediation included MFA, forensic investigation, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Nov 27, 2019

Begins

Jan 9, 2020

Discovered

Jun 26, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2459a683b4d900ae2020-06-18 · +8dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_9f2c02f2d203399f2020-06-15 · +11dVerified

Name: Valencia College
norm: valencia college
Domain: visitvalencia.com

Name: Valencia College
norm: valencia college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 27, 2019 – Jan 8, 2020
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation which included working with third-party forensic experts
Began a systematic review of the contents of the email account
Reviewed their files to determine address and contact information
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Kroll
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Implemented additional measures to help further protect information, including enhanced email security, multi-factor authentication requirement in all employee email accounts, and employee cyber awareness training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 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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Indiana State AGJun 15 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (IN), last Jun 26 (NH) — a 11-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/valencia-college-20200626.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2020
Raw hash: ead285a01c41c15236af2b88f96b8f8978e1610be0653f28172fb3771b4e8702

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityValencia College

Victim entityValencia College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation which included working with third-party forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov