MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Merced College

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 3, 2022

Filed

Mar 8, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Merced College →

Merced College experienced a cybersecurity incident involving malware that encrypted systems between October 25 and November 3, 2022. An unauthorized party may have accessed personal information including names and addresses. The college secured its network, launched an investigation, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring through IDX to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 3, 2022 → Notified Mar 9, 2023126d ✗ CA 60-day late18 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Oct 25, 2022

Begins

Nov 3, 2022

Discovered

Mar 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Name: Merced College
norm: merced college

Name: Merced College
norm: merced college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 3, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 25, 2022 – Nov 3, 2022
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation
Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our network environment
Arranged to provide identity monitoring at no cost through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our network environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 126d
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: Nov 3, 2022
→ Notified: Mar 9, 2023
126d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 3, 2022 → Notified: Mar 9, 2023	126d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-564094
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2023
Raw hash: 287c2dcfaf102d604f06a3b0e144061817d6e66f6bfc13eb9d1bbc7487908141

Reporting entityMerced College

Victim entityMerced College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 3, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov