HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Paul Quinn College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 16, 2019

Filed

Jun 2, 2020

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Paul Quinn College →2 incidents on file

Paul Quinn College notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident where unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred. The breach affected one New Hampshire resident, whose name and Social Security number were potentially exposed. Notification was sent on June 1, 2020, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 291 days

Aug 16, 2019

Discovered

Jun 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a7f041578d4ff492020-06-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_10704756ad9e095c2020-06-01 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_38a0f94f5617a9902020-06-01 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_85f80ebb40f44b7b2020-06-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Paul Quinn College
norm: paul quinn college

Name: Paul Quinn College
norm: paul quinn college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the impacted email accounts
Secured its email system
Began an extensive and detailed analysis of the email accounts
Notified the affected resident
Offered the individual twelve months of credit monitoring and identity protection services at no charge
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts
Changes made: Strengthened the security of its email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(291 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJun 1 · first

Montana State AGJun 1 · first

California State AGJun 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/paul-quinn-20200602.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2020
Raw hash: 4416e2e80e132f695acfdc9ad0d9e6c6f3263df96e9282a3e2af2069f90815ca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaul Quinn College

Victim entityPaul Quinn College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the impacted email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov