HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Delta Career Education Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Apr 17, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

13,020state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Delta Career Education Corporation →2 incidents on file

Delta Career Education Corporation notified South Carolina residents of unauthorized access to employee personal information, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Suspicious activity was detected in an email account on February 13, 2017. The company engaged a security firm, implemented enhanced two-factor authentication, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Apr 17, 2017

Filed

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This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6a11fd11bb8be9f02017-04-14 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6febbf53ae84ec202017-04-14 · +3dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_aaaeb961e18b271b2017-04-14 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac73876cce37c4dc2017-04-14 · +3dVerified

Name: Delta Career Education Corporation
norm: delta career education

Name: Delta Career Education Corporation
norm: delta career education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2017
Affected individuals: 13,020state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading computer security firm to determine the nature and extent of the incident
Providing you with a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Implemented improved security measures including additional controls relating to safeguarding personal information
Enhanced two-factor authentication for employee logins
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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California State AGApr 14 · first

Montana State AGApr 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 14 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/DeltaCareer.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 17, 2017
Raw hash: feecc1c13b3cd4af88f7b67a3d477694d00b68b7fe35759bb754d06bc39ea42f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDelta Career Education Corporation

Victim entityDelta Career Education Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseEngaged a leading computer security firm to determine the nature and extent of the incident

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov