MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bunker Hill Community College

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 23, 2023

Filed

Dec 29, 2023

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bunker Hill Community College →5 incidents on file

Bunker Hill Community College experienced a ransomware attack in May 2023. On May 23, 2023, irregular activity was detected. An unauthorized actor gained access to the network, deployed ransomware, and copied a limited amount of data including names and other personal information. The incident was contained to a limited number of systems. The college engaged security experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday31 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 · 31 weeks / 220 days

May 23, 2023

Discovered

Dec 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesnatchbd_81b8c46daafd0abd2023-06-14 · +198dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6b00e50e35e53aff2023-12-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_9e1c1004db6121b52023-12-29Verified
California State AGbd_9f5c133fc96fca162023-12-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a10f531235e1f0aa2023-12-29Candidate

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Massachusetts State AGbd_147f039f0b16c2aa2023-12-28 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7af2ab32018bc542024-01-02 · +4dVerified

Name: Bunker Hill Community College
norm: bunker hill community college

Name: Bunker Hill Community College
norm: bunker hill community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 23, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reporting this Incident to relevant government agencies and law enforcement

During the incident: Taking the affected systems offline
Engaging data security and privacy experts
Contacting law enforcement
Beginning an investigation
Stopping the unauthorized activity from spreading
Containing the Incident to a limited number of BHCC systems
Resetting and strengthening passwords
Implementing new network security tools
Adopting new network access policies
Reporting this Incident to relevant government agencies and law enforcement
Offering a complimentary twenty-four (24)-month membership in Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Resetting and strengthening passwords
Implementing new network security tools
Adopting new network access policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(220 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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 · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 28 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (MA), last Jan 2 (NH) — a 5-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/2023-12-29-bunker-hill-community-college-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2023
Raw hash: 467b0bce209cbf0f97d15ab2a179a94dcc07628e07a0f11d365786f53b54b49a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBunker Hill Community College

Victim entityBunker Hill Community College

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2023

Stated responseTaking the affected systems offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov