HackingEducationFinancial ServicesEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 10, 2024

Filed

Jul 1, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

2811 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency →2 incidents on file

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) reported a third-party supply chain breach involving Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer solution. The incident occurred between December 4, 2022, and May 30, 2023, and was discovered on July 10, 2024. Approximately 281 individuals were affected, including 1 Maine resident. Exfiltrated data included names, SSNs, dates of birth, and educational records. PHEAA provided 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 584 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Dec 4, 2022

Begins

Jul 10, 2024

Discovered

Jul 1, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b0421891192f9b7e2024-07-02 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fd07cb4ee80d614f2024-07-10 · +9dVerified

Name: Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
norm: pennsylvania higher education assistance agency
Domain: pheaa.org

Name: Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
norm: pennsylvania higher education assistance agency
Domain: pheaa.org
Industry: EducationllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 10, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2022 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 584 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2024
Affected individuals: 281state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Coordinated with law enforcement
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts
Coordinated with law enforcement
Implemented patches to the MOVEit software pursuant to Progress Software’s instructions
Put in place additional monitoring measures to further protect our systems and our data
Arranged to offer identity monitoring services to you for two years at no cost
Changes made: Implemented patches to the MOVEit software
Put in place additional monitoring measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJul 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (ME), last Jul 10 (IN) — a 9-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7c6bc09e-2e5f-4d4f-87de-374f5bb7b423.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2024
Raw hash: 9310173dc9c68fbceb8afd78a5724e032a7a82bae9b7e584076e40ea2f961657

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

Victim entityPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

Incidentdiscovered Jul 10, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov