Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Maryland Institute College of Art

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2019

Filed

Mar 27, 2019

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Maryland Institute College of Art →2 incidents on file

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) notified the NH AG of a phishing attack targeting employees, leading to unauthorized access to an email account containing names and SSNs of 2 NH residents. Access occurred Sept 28-Oct 30, 2018. MICA discovered the breach on Feb 25, 2019, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 150 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Sep 28, 2018

Begins

Feb 25, 2019

Discovered

Mar 27, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Maryland Institute College of Art
norm: maryland institute college of art

Name: Maryland Institute College of Art
norm: maryland institute college of art
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2018 – Oct 30, 2018
Undetected for: 150 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Providing the affected residents with written notice of this incident
Offering the affected residents a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Evaluate and modify its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Made extensive changes to its policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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/maryland-institute-college-art-20190327.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2019
Raw hash: 37955f38b3f05fec000408b29ca03a8a07a9944cd9fe12eb802d08b6e6e68359

Reporting entityMaryland Institute College of Art

Victim entityMaryland Institute College of Art

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2019

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov