HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Peirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 6, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Peirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults →

Peirce College notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized party accessed employee email accounts between Feb 13-16, 2020. The college discovered on Aug 6, 2020 that 6 NH residents' names and SSNs were exposed. No evidence of misuse was found. The college secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 175 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Feb 13, 2020

Begins

Aug 6, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4cc66aee19955d0c2020-09-04 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_ce6b10db0803f0b82020-09-04 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8a5dcc4ba37a6d132020-09-14 · +6dVerified

Name: Peirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults
norm: peirce college peirce college for working adults
Domain: peirce.edu

Name: Peirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults
norm: peirce college peirce college for working adults
Domain: peirce.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 13, 2020 – Feb 16, 2020
Undetected for: 175 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the compromised email accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals to perform an extensive forensic investigation
Provided written notification to affected residents
Provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected residents
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGSep 4 · first

Delaware State AGSep 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IN), last Sep 14 (MA) — a 10-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/peirce-college-20200908.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2020
Raw hash: 47d9939cfdc3115895190cb504eda919ab0ceb2cff329e92d76e34187fdc53ff

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults

Victim entityPeirce College – Peirce College for Working Adults

Incidentdiscovered Aug 6, 2020

Stated responseSecured the compromised email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov