PhysicalFinancial ServicesEducationFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 17, 2007

Filed

Aug 6, 2007

To disclose

20 days

Affected · nationwide

5,1489 in this filing

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency →2 incidents on file

PHEAA notified NH AG of a breach involving 5,148 consumers after a laptop containing PII (SSN, name, address) was stolen from third-party vendor Vista Financial Inc. on July 17, 2007. 9 NH residents affected. Notifications sent July 20, 2007, with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Jul 17, 2007

Discovered

Aug 6, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,148 affectedView incident

Name: American Education Services
norm: american education
Domain: aessuccess.org

Name: Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
norm: pennsylvania higher education assistance agency
Industry: Financial ServicesllmEducationllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2007
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2007
Affected individuals: 5,148state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of Attorney General

During the incident: Sent notification letters to affected consumers on July 20, 2007
Sent follow-up letter offering free credit report monitoring for a year through Equifax
Changes made: Offered one full year of free credit reporting beginning on the date of the letter
Arranged with Equifax Personal Solutions to help protect identity and credit information at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/pennsylvania-higher-education-20070806.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 6, 2007
Raw hash: 6c799c1d41a8db0b62c3b20c166844384ea1db0f186e4c081de30d5a6d9f5e7e

Reporting entityAmerican Education Services

Victim entityPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2007

Stated responseSent notification letters to affected consumers on July 20, 2007

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov