HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Lake Forest College

bd_566e2cf8dc69fe79 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

Mar 3, 2021

To disclose

20 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lake Forest College →

Lake Forest College notified Montana residents of a data security incident affecting a single administrative email account. The college learned of unauthorized access on February 11, 2021. Potentially compromised data included names, DOBs, SSNs, financial account info, and student IDs. No evidence of misuse was found. The FBI and IRS were notified, and IDX identity protection services were offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Feb 11, 2021

Discovered

Mar 3, 2021

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_0540db85fbdafd392021-03-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5d26a203dc743aea2021-03-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_8fc6e10e544dda182021-03-03Verified

Name: Lake Forest College
norm: lake forest college

Name: Lake Forest College
norm: lake forest college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 11, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRS
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained IDX to provide identity theft protection and credit monitoring services
Notified the FBI of this incident
Notified the IRS
Terminated the unauthorized third party’s access to the LFC systems
Taking steps to ensure that the data at issue is removed from LFC’s email environment
Redoubled efforts to remind students and staff of the importance of safeguarding their email credentials
Changes made: Retained IDX to provide, at no cost to you, identity theft protection and credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 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 AGMar 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 3 · first

Maine State AGMar 3 · first

Montana State AGMar 3 · 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/lakeSamp-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2021
Raw hash: 5f3f22b8fca9415ab0cbba8d69c25a79f09f55bb59dc00d91ffdd36eb47cd42a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLake Forest College

Victim entityLake Forest College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2021

Stated responseRetained IDX to provide identity theft protection and credit monitoring services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov