HackingEducationTechnologyEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

National Student Clearinghouse

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Sep 21, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Student Clearinghouse →2 incidents on file

National Student Clearinghouse notified individuals of a data breach involving its third-party provider, Progress Software, and its MOVEit Transfer solution. An unauthorized party obtained files containing personal information (name, DOB, SSN, student records) on or around May 30, 2023. The Clearinghouse was informed on May 31, 2023, and confirmed exfiltration on June 20, 2023. The organization engaged cybersecurity experts, coordinated with law enforcement, patched the software, and offered two years of identity monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 99 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_116e7610d8f2a7682023-09-21Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f56f2ba4dc3877702023-09-21Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_ff3f3f8d31ce3bb42023-09-22 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e6b6aa0a9330aac62023-09-18 · +3dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 88d gap

Maine State AGbd_2a4b3c8c4d73dde12023-08-31 · +21dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_31d33972c1e551702023-08-31 · +21dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_b407d20f148d36942023-08-31 · +21dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_c5625c0a94dc7f2e2023-12-12 · +82dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8ac0fc71a5cf7b942023-12-15 · +85dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_ef6d774a2bb958e32023-12-18 · +88dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: National Student Clearinghouse
norm: national student clearinghouse
Domain: studentclearinghouse.org

Name: National Student Clearinghouse
norm: national student clearinghouse
Domain: studentclearinghouse.org
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts
Coordinated with law enforcement
Implemented patches to the MOVEit software pursuant to Progress Software’s instructions
Put in place additional monitoring measures to further protect our systems and your data
Arranged to offer identity monitoring services to you for two years at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGAug 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AGAug 31 · first

New Hampshire State AG+18d

Washington State AG+21d

Oregon State AG+21d

California State AG+21d · this page

South Carolina State AG+22d

California State AG+103d

Maine State AG+106d

New Hampshire State AG+109d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (ME), last Dec 18 (NH) — a 109-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/sb24-574028
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2023
Raw hash: 2803bda911732843072f615ee14fd562d97abff58e5cb4b310753c8b8898d873

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Victim entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov