HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Prescott College, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 29, 2022

Filed

Apr 10, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

126state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Prescott College, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Prescott College notified New Hampshire residents of a cybersecurity incident where unauthorized access occurred between Oct 26-29, 2022. Personal information including names and government IDs was potentially accessed. The college contained the network, engaged forensic investigators, alerted law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to the 126 affected NH residents.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Oct 26, 2022

Begins

Oct 29, 2022

Discovered

Mar 9, 2023

Scope determined

Apr 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_3a7154468f3741c22023-04-12 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_0ff0540139299a642023-04-05 · +5dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_1b0bf05ea9a1b0502023-04-05 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4b12ff64fcc889812023-04-05 · +5dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 21d gap

Maine State AGbd_5b601c0e712e72932023-04-05 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_ad171108fb03a9cd2023-05-01 · +21dVerified

Name: Prescott College, Inc.
norm: prescott college

Name: Prescott College, Inc.
norm: prescott college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 26, 2022 – Oct 29, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 9, 2023
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2023
Affected individuals: 126state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: alerted law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Contained the network
Alerted law enforcement
Engaged leading cybersecurity professionals to identify the extent of the activity
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents complimentary one year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Taken steps to further protect unauthorized access to individual records
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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California State AGApr 5 · first

Montana State AGApr 5 · first

Indiana State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AGApr 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Washington State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Apr 5 (CA), last May 1 (OR) — a 26-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/prescott-college-20230410.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2023
Raw hash: ca740e4e68e847b5a0c706b1ec1082bb9fcc11f44570b3cb1eb354100d7c4a75

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPrescott College, Inc.

Victim entityPrescott College, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2022

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov