HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

College of the Desert

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 4, 2022

Filed

Mar 1, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for College of the Desert →2 incidents on file

College of the Desert notified the California Attorney General of a network intrusion occurring between June 2 and July 4, 2022. The institution discovered the incident on July 4, 2022, and engaged third-party forensic specialists. The breach potentially exposed first and last names of individuals. The college secured its systems and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 4, 2022 → Notified Mar 1, 2023240d ✗ CA 60-day late34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 240 days

Jun 2, 2022

Begins

Jul 4, 2022

Discovered

Mar 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_733851431808f29a2023-03-01Verified

Name: College of the Desert
norm: college of the desert
Domain: collegeofthedesert.edu

Name: College of the Desert
norm: college of the desert
Domain: collegeofthedesert.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 4, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 2, 2022 – Jul 4, 2022
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately secured its systems
Engaged third party specialists to investigate the full nature and scope of this incident
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continues to work to further enhance the security of its network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(240 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 240d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 4, 2022
→ Notified: Mar 1, 2023
240d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 4, 2022 → Notified: Mar 1, 2023	240d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 1 · first

California State AGMar 1 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-563778
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2023
Raw hash: cdc9e5281bfc79defc0ef772ae8f87f7c7894fa391c8a66e47504066e8806f7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCollege of the Desert

Victim entityCollege of the Desert

Incidentdiscovered Jul 4, 2022

Stated responseImmediately secured its systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov