HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEducationIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Hope College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

Dec 16, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1,225state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Hope College →

Hope College notified Washington AG of unauthorized network access discovered Sept 27, 2022. 1,225 WA residents affected; data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, student IDs, DOBs. Notices sent Dec 15, 2022 with 12-month credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Sep 27, 2022

Discovered

Dec 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 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

Montana State AGbd_0cdafc6482d5ed3e2022-12-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2a87d3260ac8c89f2022-12-16Verified
Oregon State AGbd_3305749a10bce03d2022-12-16Verified
California State AGbd_c4c2bd429737b0182022-12-16Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

Maine State AGbd_eb82ec013c31afe82022-12-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8233c349a01e818d2022-12-15 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1ee9d301c16a9352022-12-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Meghan S. Farally
norm: meghan s farally
Domain: hope.edu

Name: Hope College
norm: hope college
Domain: hope.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,225state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthStudent ID number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its network
Took the impacted system offline
Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive process to identify what type of information may have been contained within the potentially impacted files
Provided written notice of this incident to the potentially impacted Washington residents
Offer of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for twelve (12) months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGDec 15 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 15 (IN), last Dec 20 (NH) — a 5-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM14329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2022
Raw hash: 1359800483b4ab6d336e4384ac027f072d885d83368cb0ba13928f9795e8b4a7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeghan S. Farally

Victim entityHope College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2022

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com