Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Carleton College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 15, 2024

Filed

Dec 3, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Carleton College →

Carleton College notified affected individuals of a phishing campaign targeting faculty and staff in September 2024. The attack resulted in unauthorized access to WorkDay accounts containing names, dates of birth, and SSNs. The incident was contained, and affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Sep 15, 2024

Begins

Sep 15, 2024

Discovered

Dec 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 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

Indiana State AGbd_f367a199dbf3bc9c2024-12-03Verified

Name: Carleton College
norm: carleton college

Name: Carleton College
norm: carleton college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Engaged in extensive forensic investigation
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Updating passwords
Enhancing email access protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

Montana State AGDec 3 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2024
Raw hash: 98f617321eeee314026bf7a11734a73abfc83604612a0c423c7b29d59cf35684

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarleton College

Victim entityCarleton College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2024

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov