HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Paul Smith’s College

bd_93340885d0e3fae7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2023

To disclose

21 days

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

8 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Paul Smith’s College →

Paul Smith’s College notified affected individuals of a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed the network on August 27, 2022. The College discovered the incident on January 26, 2023, after an investigation. Personal information was accessed. The College secured accounts, engaged outside cybersecurity professionals, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d21 days 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

undetected · 152 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Aug 27, 2022

Begins

Jan 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

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

A leak claim by avoslocker about this victim was first seen 52 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_9ecc4e3f224e37bc2022-12-26 · +52dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1975423568504eb42023-02-16Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_cbbec111a6d391532023-02-16Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_2136c636b93dba282023-02-17 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_278f4e894c3727852023-02-17 · +1dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 60d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_bfee719da1d2219d2023-02-21 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_749a2116957e89162023-04-17 · +60dVerified by operator

Name: Paul Smith’s College
norm: paul smith s college

Name: Paul Smith’s College
norm: paul smith s college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 27, 2022
Undetected for: 152 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 6 states

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Maine State AGFeb 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+60d

Pattern: first filing Feb 16 (ME), last Apr 17 (MT) — a 60-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-74.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2023
Raw hash: dc3f59d4fd47414c25eba01b14761972f244347db6f195898945346c8926284a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaul Smith’s College

Victim entityPaul Smith’s College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2023

Stated responseSecured the accounts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov