HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hartwick College

bd_1c5cb7b12639f435 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 8, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Hartwick College →

Hartwick College notified the Nebraska Attorney General of a data security incident involving approximately 2 Nebraska residents. Suspicious activity was detected on October 26, 2024, and confirmed on March 13, 2025. Personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was potentially accessed. Notifications were sent on April 8, 2025, offering 12 months of identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

Oct 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 8, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by chort about this victim predates this filing by 141 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitechortbd_0d312d19e0cdf60e2024-11-17 · +142dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_273f83dc01a772032025-04-08Verified
Vermont State AGbd_b1776cbc7a5126512025-04-09 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_61c035df1f2d90122025-04-10 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0cd02106928526332025-04-11 · +3dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_5f0a949dc18357282025-04-11 · +3dVerified

Name: Hartwick College
norm: hartwick college
Domain: hartwick.edu

Name: Hartwick College
norm: hartwick college
Domain: hartwick.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Nebraska Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Reviewed its cyber security, policies, and procedures
Established a toll-free call center through IDX
Sent notification letters to affected Nebraska resident(s) by USPS First Class Mail
Offered individuals the opportunity to enroll in twelve (12) months of complimentary identity protection services, including credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of the network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGApr 8 · first

Nebraska State AGApr 8 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Maine State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/13269593-cecc-4bd3-ad43-f2f9b3f8ecab.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 8, 2025
Raw hash: 6e5da1440e3f1520846f51ed14b0a30340ff3f546019f1ced7d841e26bc1f20d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHartwick College

Victim entityHartwick College

Incidentdiscovered Oct 26, 2024

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov