HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Erie Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

Nov 13, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Erie Community College →

Erie Community College notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed computer servers and workstations. The breach compromised Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. ECC secured systems, investigated, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 18, 2020

Discovered

Nov 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_18fb91c7867470b22020-11-13Verified
Maine State AGbd_6b55af993664917f2020-11-13Verified

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Commenced an investigation
Undertaken a comprehensive review of the data
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional policies and electronic security features to enhance our security posture
Increasing employee cybersecurity training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 13 · first

Maine State AGNov 13 · first

Montana State AGNov 13 · 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/erieSamp-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2020
Raw hash: 2a5f94b883f7a75ed24b19f0674ee44e7f33cf621c6cf73ba484fa99b13cb345

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityErie Community College

Victim entityErie Community College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2020

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov