Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Connecticut College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 20, 2017

Filed

Apr 10, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Connecticut College →5 incidents on file

Connecticut College notified the NH Attorney General that an employee clicked a phishing link on January 20, 2017, compromising their email account. An unauthorized third party accessed the account for a limited time. The account contained personal information for one New Hampshire resident, including name, address, date of birth, and potentially SSN or state ID. The college changed the password immediately, investigated the incident, and offered credit monitoring to the affected resident.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Jan 20, 2017

Begins

Jan 20, 2017

Discovered

Apr 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Connecticut College
norm: connecticut college

Name: Connecticut College
norm: connecticut college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 20, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 20, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly changed the password
Closely monitored the account to ensure that no suspicious activity was taking place
Immediately launched an investigation to analyze the extent of any compromise to the email account and the security of the emails and attachments contained within it
Provided the New Hampshire resident with written notice of this incident
Offering the resident a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Advised the resident to remain vigilant in reviewing financial account statements for fraudulent or irregular activity
Advised the resident about the process for placing a fraud alert on their credit files, placing a security freeze, and obtaining a free credit report
Provided the resident with the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Continually evaluating and modifying its practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/connecticut-college-20170410.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2017
Raw hash: bd12fcbda63b56ed474be1232d67c513ed8a54c7100d1ab300a747ecc93744a3

Reporting entityConnecticut College

Victim entityConnecticut College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2017

Stated responsePromptly changed the password

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov