Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 8, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

631state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine →

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) notified the Iowa Attorney General on April 8, 2025, of a data security incident discovered on September 26, 2024. Unauthorized access to an employee email account resulted in the exposure of names and Social Security numbers for 631 Iowa residents. AACOM engaged forensic experts, secured the email environment, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday28 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 194 days

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0f81799057ac7a062025-04-08Verified
Vermont State AGbd_6ab7b871b501d6bd2025-04-08Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_6c79effcee6ebf362025-04-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d68c22df129ea1182025-04-08Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_dab067214f98a9192025-04-08Verified
California State AGbd_e8b87fa5585fb7082025-04-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_ebcca748e75e0a1f2025-04-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_f18c285904f92eea2025-04-08Verified
Washington State AGbd_f350f7480c2e96832025-04-08Verified
Illinois State AGbd_3bf453d2a4cb5c1b2025-04-01 · +7dVerified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
norm: american association of colleges of osteopathic medicine
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2025
Affected individuals: 631state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email environment
Engaged independent experts to complete a comprehensive investigation
Undertook a comprehensive review to determine the nature of the information and the individuals to whom the information pertained
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions about the incident
Reporting the incident to the major nationwide consumer reporting agencies (i.e., Equifax, Experian, and Transunion)
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further enhance the security of its email environment
Provided twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(194 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AG+7d

Vermont State AG+7d

Nebraska State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

Washington State AG+7d

Iowa State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (IA) — 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://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/482025_American_Association_of_Coll_82CC679891DA3.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 8, 2025
Raw hash: 57230cd3dc87b9894e884a3e9f5ff8fffe999e316d219ec5a557257e5e1ed9e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email environment

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov