MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Skidmore College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 17, 2023

Filed

Sep 18, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

134state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Skidmore College →

Skidmore College notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered on Feb 17, 2023. An unauthorized actor encrypted faculty/staff files and risked exfiltrating business/finance data. 134 NH residents affected. Notices sent Sept 15, 2023, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 213 days

Feb 17, 2023

Discovered

Sep 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 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_2eda8a83dd2e0c2d2023-09-15 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_404a09370cc896632023-09-15 · +3dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_5a4e0838cad87a8a2023-09-15 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_5c76dfdc575614b32023-09-15 · +3dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_e49635bd781da4412023-09-15 · +3dVerified

Name: Skidmore College
norm: skidmore college

Name: Skidmore College
norm: skidmore college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 17, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 134state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to relevant government agencies and federal law enforcement

During the incident: Changing passwords
Implementing new threat detection and monitoring software
Notifying law enforcement
Engaging outside cybersecurity professionals and data privacy counsel to assist
Engaged a third-party data mining team to perform a thorough review of the relevant data set
Conducted a manual review of the data mining results
Changes made: Implemented additional security protocols designed to protect our network, email environment, and systems
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(213 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGSep 15 · first

Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Vermont State AGSep 15 · first

Maine State AGSep 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/skidmore-college-20230918.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2023
Raw hash: 73dd438d6be72cd4043907fdc90bf963df85de64d2a326d44a88d1db37ac4050

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySkidmore College

Victim entitySkidmore College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 17, 2023

Stated responseChanging passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov