HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 11, 2024

Filed

Aug 13, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

53,6281 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Copiah-Lincoln Community College →

Copiah-Lincoln Community College experienced an external system breach (hacking) between March 8 and March 11, 2024, discovered on March 11, 2024. Unauthorized access affected 53,628 individuals, including one Maine resident. Data exposed included names and Social Security numbers. The college notified law enforcement, provided 12 months of credit monitoring via CyEx, and issued written notices on August 13, 2024.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 11, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 13, 2024155d ✗ ME AG >90d22 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

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Mar 8, 2024

Begins

Mar 11, 2024

Discovered

Aug 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2ec8fa0c386fd13a2024-08-13Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5f2ec7f493ba15a22024-08-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8d146a082de97a4b2024-08-13Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_92a4386d9cc1ecb22024-08-13Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_d088e6ada9bf206c2024-08-13Verified

Name: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
norm: copiah lincoln community college
Domain: colin.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
norm: copiah lincoln community college
Domain: colin.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 8, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 53,628state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through CyEx
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Took steps to implement additional safeguards
Review our policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 155dME resident >60d · 155d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 11, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 13, 2024
155d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 11, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 13, 2024
155d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 11, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 13, 2024	155d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 11, 2024 → Notified: Aug 13, 2024	155d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 13 · first

Indiana State AGAug 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 13 · first

Vermont State AGAug 13 · first

Maine State AGAug 13 · first · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/061fced4-d9d6-4c94-88e8-4c63076cc1f5.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 13, 2024
Raw hash: fb369b246cd296f51d2ed57e603fb8b8810219fd700dc8b56cc987b5dcaa17dd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCopiah-Lincoln Community College

Victim entityCopiah-Lincoln Community College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 11, 2024

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov