HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Paul Smith’s College

bd_749a2116957e8916 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

Apr 17, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

8 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Paul Smith’s College →

Paul Smith’s College issued an amended notification regarding a cybersecurity incident. Unauthorized access occurred on August 27, 2022, and was discovered on January 26, 2023. The incident involved a limited amount of personal information. The College secured accounts, engaged outside cybersecurity professionals, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d12 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 · 152 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Aug 27, 2022

Begins

Jan 26, 2023

Discovered

Apr 17, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by avoslocker about this victim was first seen 112 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_9ecc4e3f224e37bc2022-12-26 · +112dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_bfee719da1d2219d2023-02-21 · +55dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_2136c636b93dba282023-02-17 · +59dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_278f4e894c3727852023-02-17 · +59dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1975423568504eb42023-02-16 · +60dVerified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 60d gap

Montana State AGbd_93340885d0e3fae72023-02-16 · +60dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_cbbec111a6d391532023-02-16 · +60dVerified by operator

Name: Paul Smith’s College
norm: paul smith s college

Name: Paul Smith’s College
norm: paul smith s college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 27, 2022
Undetected for: 152 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Taken additional robust precautions to safeguard personal information
Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 7 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AGFeb 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+60d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 16 (ME), last Apr 17 (MT) — a 60-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-194.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 17, 2023
Raw hash: 2dadc590957cd37403156566f83246f28ef372d473e9b70f7c55861d241f5dff

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaul Smith’s College

Victim entityPaul Smith’s College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2023

Stated responseSecured the accounts

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov