HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

Apr 4, 2024

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services →

Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services (CABOCES) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cyber-attack occurring between July 5 and July 20, 2023. The incident affected 3 New Hampshire residents, exposing names and government identifiers. CABOCES engaged federal law enforcement, provided 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian, and implemented additional safeguards. The investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 259 days

Jul 5, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Discovered

Apr 4, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_027a3b2aa7b65d802024-04-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_36bde85a5f6bf9952024-04-04Verified
HHS OCRbd_a1e5c1438d0351c62024-04-04Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services
norm: cattaraugus allegany board of cooperative education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 5, 2023 – Jul 20, 2023
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProvided written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of CABOCES systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months, through Experian
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Provided written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(259 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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Vermont State AGApr 4 · first

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

HHS OCRApr 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 4 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cattaraugus-allegany-board-cooperative-education-20240404.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2024
Raw hash: 22b669d12af2db514b513acaeb03bf9ca236fc5dc9bbee4a6313ea77e36ab142

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov