Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

McPherson College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 3, 2019

Filed

Jul 17, 2020

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for McPherson College →

McPherson College notified NH AG of a data security incident discovered Oct 3, 2019, involving a compromised employee email account. An unknown third party may have accessed names, government IDs, financial data, and limited PHI. Two NH residents were notified on July 10, 2020. Remediation included MFA, password resets, and 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 288 days

Oct 3, 2019

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 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 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4d8119f614958dc62020-07-10 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c3f0dcf6f7b6f4282020-07-10 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_07b0783073085ced2020-07-09 · +8dCandidate

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: McPherson College
norm: mcpherson college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate government regulators
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
Secured the email account
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Forced password changes
Strengthened the security of their email tenant
Reported the incident to the appropriate government regulators
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services for a period of 1 year through Epiq
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication
Forced password changes
Strengthened the security of their email tenant
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 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

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/mcpherson-college-20200717.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2020
Raw hash: a49a7831e4582dda1b72ef8486f3449308cfece06422e34eb230c6e4ad2b5139

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

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 provenancemm.nh.gov