MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)CredentialsGovernment IDFinancialOtherMediumContained

Pellissippi State Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2021

Filed

Feb 4, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

35state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pellissippi State Community College →

Pellissippi State Community College notified NH DOJ of a ransomware attack occurring Dec 5-6, 2021. Attackers accessed Active Directory, compromising names, usernames, emails, hashed passwords, and potentially SSNs/financial data. 35 NH residents affected. Notifications sent Feb 1, 2022. Remediation included MFA, password resets, and system rebuilds.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Dec 5, 2021

Begins

Dec 6, 2021

Discovered

Feb 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

California State AGbd_195b67b4feac6ae72022-02-01 · +3dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_42038c4a8134e07a2022-02-01 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_8c1470148a67a7102022-02-01 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_31bd0bf1f34bff052022-01-01 · +34dVerified

Name: Pellissippi State Community College
norm: pellissippi state community college
Domain: pstcc.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Pellissippi State Community College
norm: pellissippi state community college
Domain: pstcc.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2021 – Dec 6, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 35state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)CredentialsGovernment IDFinancialOther
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified local law enforcement, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and appropriate state and federal authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified local law enforcement, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and appropriate state and federal authorities
Notified the three credit reporting agencies
Hired an independent cyber incident forensics expert
Scanned every computer on campus looking for malware
Rebuilt all servers and PC workstations
Enhanced protection of our network firewall, servers, and other systems
Improved endpoint protection on all workstations and laptops
Forced a password change for every user and will continue regular reset requirements
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all accounts
Added an additional multifactor authentication requirement for any remote connection
Changes made: Enhanced protection of our network firewall, servers, and other systems
Improved endpoint protection on all workstations and laptops
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all accounts
Added an additional multifactor authentication requirement for any remote connection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 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 · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+31d

Maine State AG+31d

Indiana State AG+31d

New Hampshire State AG+34d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 4 (NH) — a 34-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/pellissippi-state-community-college-20220204.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2022
Raw hash: b2130e214dc60cadfa8ed4b526aad075f5ab085251646d690b650314f6099e5a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPellissippi State Community College

Victim entityPellissippi State Community College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2021

Stated responseNotified local law enforcement, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and appropriate state and federal authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov