HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighContained

Central Oregon Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Mar 5, 2025

To disclose

9 days

Affected · nationwide

5,2104 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Central Oregon Community College →2 incidents on file

Central Oregon Community College (COCC) notified the Maine AG of a data breach involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on Dec 21, 2024. COCC discovered the incident on Feb 24, 2025, after identifying affected employees. 5,210 individuals were affected, including 4 Maine residents. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and medical billing info. COCC notified the FBI, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG Mar 5, 20259d ✓ ME AG ≤30d9 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 65 days

discovery → filing · 9 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Mar 5, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c1b52a56aa1296db2025-03-05Verified
Indiana State AGbd_45aa5a88726c0f7d2025-02-28 · +5dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_e326558352a93d382025-02-28 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_f805b5cac0f0d76b2025-02-28 · +5dVerified

Name: Central Oregon Community College
norm: central oregon community college
Domain: cocc.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Central Oregon Community College
norm: central oregon community college
Domain: cocc.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 65 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 5,210state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General's Office
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions
Sent notification letters to affected Maine residents by USPS First-Class Mail
Offered complimentary identity protection services including 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 9d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2025
9d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2025	9d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 28 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 28 · first

Oregon State AGFeb 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (IN), last Mar 5 (ME) — a 5-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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/735f02bd-76d0-4410-837b-05e9208667e4.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2025
Raw hash: fe42fa7baade1b305a648e1d6eb6edf414300bec928b50acd00fab146653393e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentral Oregon Community College

Victim entityCentral Oregon Community College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov