MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Augustana College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 18, 2019

Filed

May 13, 2019

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Augustana College →

Augustana College notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware attack discovered on Feb 18, 2019. The incident impacted 6 NH residents, exposing names, SSNs, and DOBs. The college contained the attack, engaged forensic investigators, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Feb 18, 2019

Discovered

May 13, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_8554ae3ec76496af2019-05-07 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9e1f1b908711c4d02019-05-07 · +6dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Augustana College
norm: augustana college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 7, 2019
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying other state regulators, as required

During the incident: Took immediate steps to contain the attack and remediate the impacted server
Launched an investigation into the incident
Hired third party investigators to confirm what information, if any, may have been accessed
Identified and mitigated the issue by closing the vulnerability on its server
Taking the server offline
Bringing in third party forensics to assess the incident
Changes made: Introduced additional steps to strengthen the security of its systems
Working with third party vendors to enhance the existing security systems in place and to guard against future attacks of this nature
Exploring how we can continue to enhance the security of our systems, including providing additional training to users on how to identify malicious links
Providing potentially affected individuals access to twenty four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services, through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
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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Montana State AGMay 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 7 (MT), last May 13 (NH) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/augustana-college-20190513.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 13, 2019
Raw hash: 89aacbbd723b982067c1a23a04aade066251e647fa3058e78d3cfe7585ca71cd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAugustana College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2019

Stated responseTook immediate steps to contain the attack and remediate the impacted server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov