HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentEducationLowContained

North Orange County Community College District

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

May 24, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for North Orange County Community College District →

North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) experienced unauthorized access to Cypress College and Fullerton College networks between December 7, 2021, and January 10, 2022. The incident was discovered on January 10, 2022. Files containing sensitive information, including names, employment-related data, and student information, may have been viewed or taken. NOCCCD engaged forensic specialists, deployed advanced threat protection, implemented multi-factor authentication, and reported the incident to the FBI. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 10, 2022 → Notified Mar 25, 202274d ✗ CA 60-day late19 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Dec 7, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2022

Discovered

May 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a594205c18f354a02022-05-31 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d53a48e5c1598bb12022-04-04 · +50dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dfdf53d2a2d76ffa2022-03-28 · +57dVerified
California State AGbd_08c4560773f95b7a2022-03-25 · +60dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_1b8bdba0110307d32022-03-25 · +60dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4c2cb50347a6bc302022-03-25 · +60dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fb480a363c03778b2022-03-25 · +60dVerified

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2021 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)EmploymentEducation
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the FBIReporting to regulatory authorities

During the incident: Began investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists
Took steps to confirm the security of our systems
Deployed an advanced threat protection and monitoring tool
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Reporting to regulatory authorities and the major credit reporting agencies
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12/24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Reported this incident to the FBI
Changes made: Implemented cybersecurity measures, such as multi-factor authentication
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies related to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 74d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
→ Notified: Mar 25, 2022
74d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 10, 2022 → Notified: Mar 25, 2022	74d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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California State AGMar 25 · first

Indiana State AGMar 25 · first

Maine State AGMar 25 · first

Montana State AGMar 25 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

California State AG+60d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+67d

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (CA), last May 31 (NH) — a 67-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-553691
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2022
Raw hash: 0b8a6ca072829643c726e0a37c4160c42c7255b2614e51b3b3b12db9bf0035a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Victim entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2022

Stated responseBegan investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov