AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EducationLowResolved

Pacific Oaks College

bd_31126663c19f6b10 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Aug 7, 2024

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pacific Oaks College →

Pacific Oaks College disclosed a data breach involving the accidental public exposure of an internal page for degree conferral petitions. The incident, discovered on July 23, 2024, exposed FERPA-protected information including preferred names, semester of degree conferral, and personal email addresses. The site was removed from public access by July 24, 2024. The college conducted an audit of public-facing sites and offered data security training to affected students.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 23, 2024 → Notified Aug 7, 202415d ✓ CA 60-day OK15 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jul 23, 2024

Begins

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Aug 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Name: Pacific Oaks College
norm: pacific oaks college
Domain: pacificoaks.edu

Name: Pacific Oaks College
norm: pacific oaks college
Domain: pacificoaks.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 23, 2024 – Jul 24, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Education
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated the process to remove the site from public view
Removed the site from public access
Conducted a thorough audit of public facing sites
Verified that no additional information was accessible
Created an on-demand data security training
Changes made: Implemented necessary security enhancements to protect information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 15d
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 23, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 7, 2024
15d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 23, 2024 → Notified: Aug 7, 2024	15d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-589930
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2024
Raw hash: 72e16fb00fe279972bc2b163bfa6f79a7e2480c79a6009fea3b5089fb3fa65d0

Reporting entityPacific Oaks College

Victim entityPacific Oaks College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2024

Stated responseInitiated the process to remove the site from public view

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov