Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedPIICredentialsLowContained

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 8, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine →

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) notified consumers on April 8, 2025, of a data breach discovered on September 26, 2024. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred via phishing, leading to the acquisition of certain emails and attachments containing personal information. No evidence of misuse was found. Affected individuals were offered 12-24 months of identity protection services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 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 · 28 weeks / 194 days

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0f81799057ac7a062025-04-08Verified
Iowa State AGbd_31778ded704f2f6d2025-04-08Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_6c79effcee6ebf362025-04-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d68c22df129ea1182025-04-08Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_dab067214f98a9192025-04-08Verified
California State AGbd_e8b87fa5585fb7082025-04-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_ebcca748e75e0a1f2025-04-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_f18c285904f92eea2025-04-08Verified
Washington State AGbd_f350f7480c2e96832025-04-08Verified
Illinois State AGbd_3bf453d2a4cb5c1b2025-04-01 · +7dVerified

Name: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
norm: american association of colleges of osteopathic medicine

Name: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
norm: american association of colleges of osteopathic medicine
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email environment
Engaged independent experts to complete a comprehensive investigation
Undertook a comprehensive review to determine the nature of the information
Offering you complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(194 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AG+7d

Iowa State AG+7d

Nebraska State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

Washington State AG+7d

Vermont State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (VT) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-08-american-association-colleges-osteopathic-medicine-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 8, 2025
Raw hash: 09c774a550dd632401985e759dec51a23bea6d9b8af75e4d0499d8d86f5b62cb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Victim entityAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email environment

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov