HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Emerson College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 16, 2022

Filed

Sep 23, 2022

To disclose

17 days

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Emerson College →

Emerson College notified the NH AG of a data event involving a third-party vendor. Data was accessed between Aug 2021 and May 2022. 21 NH residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, and driver's licenses. Vendor exposed data to the internet. Emerson provided credit monitoring and is reviewing vendor relationships.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 358 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Aug 23, 2021

Begins

Aug 16, 2022

Discovered

Sep 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_5cba5053a0cce5082022-09-19 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_800aad70bcb6a9062022-09-19 · +4dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc430cf6438a835c2022-09-19 · +4dVerified

Name: Emerson College
norm: emerson college

Name: Emerson College
norm: emerson college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2021 – May 8, 2022
Undetected for: 358 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 21state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Emerson College immediately began working with Vendor to determine the nature and scope of the exposure
Launched its own internal review of the data at issue
Provided written notice of this incident to twenty-one (21) New Hampshire residents
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through Experian at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Evaluating alternatives to Vendor’s product
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Evaluating our relationships with third-party vendors and our policies and procedures related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 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

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 19 · first

Maine State AGSep 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/emerson-college-20220923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2022
Raw hash: b793f0fdf8531efaed5ea425e4394fe4d5d23aaee638bcd0a93d1ac7dd05fcc7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmerson College

Victim entityEmerson College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2022

Stated responseEmerson College immediately began working with Vendor to determine the nature and scope of the exposure

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov