HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Association of American Colleges and Universities

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 20, 2020

Filed

Sep 28, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Association of American Colleges and Universities →2 incidents on file

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) notified the NH AG of a data event where payment card info was exfiltrated from its online store between April 18 and May 27, 2020. AAC&U discovered the incident on May 20, 2020, after its MSP alerted them to suspicious server activity. Two NH residents were affected. AAC&U patched the vulnerability, provided 1 year of credit monitoring, and implemented additional employee safeguards.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

Apr 18, 2020

Begins

May 20, 2020

Discovered

Sep 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_a281639d582ce0442020-09-21 · +7dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Association of American Colleges and Universities
norm: association of american colleges and universities
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2020 – May 27, 2020
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Installed a patch provided by the software provider to address the vulnerability
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one year through Epiq
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGSep 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 21 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 7-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/association-american-colleges-universities-20200928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2020
Raw hash: 2334b191aa94512b5f05c1da70be325c5b7c0d484df27e394253a2139a3c50f8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAssociation of American Colleges and Universities

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov