HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricPIICriticalContained

East Valley Institute of Technology

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jan 9, 2024

Filed

Aug 9, 2024

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected · nationwide

208,71712 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for East Valley Institute of Technology →

East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) disclosed a cyber-incident on January 9, 2024, involving unauthorized network access affecting 208,717 individuals. The breach exposed sensitive student and staff data including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial aid info, and health records. EVIT locked down VPNs, reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. 12 Maine residents were affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 9, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 9, 2024213d ✗ ME AG >90d30 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 213 days

Jan 9, 2024

Begins

Jan 9, 2024

Discovered

Aug 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2dfbaebcbe035c482024-08-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e5fd89e4efa02ce92024-08-13 · +4dVerified

Name: East Valley Institute of Technology
norm: east valley institute of
Domain: evit.edu
Industry: Education

Name: East Valley Institute of Technology
norm: east valley institute of
Domain: evit.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 208,717state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the three largest nationwide consumer reporting agenciesReported the incident to appropriate authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted appropriate authorities
Locked down VPN Access
Deployed EDR software
Has 24x7 monitoring for the incident
Revoked privileged user access
Changed all service account passwords
Changed all user passwords
Revoked domain trust
Performed domain cleanup
Rebuilt or replaced nineteen virtual servers
Engaged a third party specializing in network security
Provided email notification to all current and former students, staff, faculty, and parents
Posted alternative website notice for impacted individuals online
Sent individual notice to anyone identified as potentially impacted
Changes made: Added computer security protections and protocols to harden its network infrastructure
Offered improved protections of sensitive data from unauthorized access
Provided 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(213 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 213dME resident >180d · 217d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 9, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2024
213d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 9, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 13, 2024
217d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 9, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2024	213d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 9, 2024 → Notified: Aug 13, 2024	217d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGAug 9 · first

Maine State AGAug 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+4d

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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e1ddfb24-c68c-48f2-9b14-79b5bb76048d.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2024
Raw hash: da32b0edcddb20c8f060002fa63d582f4041cea6abe376526c134c73b4431487

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast Valley Institute of Technology

Victim entityEast Valley Institute of Technology

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2024

Stated responseContacted appropriate authorities

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov