HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cowley College

bd_9af8d1e3baabef12 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2026

Filed

May 22, 2026

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Cowley College →

Cowley County Community College notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 22, 2026, of a security incident discovered on March 28, 2026. Unauthorized access to server infrastructure resulted in the acquisition of PII, including SSNs, driver's licenses, and passport numbers. One New Hampshire resident was identified. The college shut down servers, retained forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Mar 28, 2026

Discovered

May 22, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_1a209a17e1b55aee2026-05-22Verified
Vermont State AGbd_ab39acc0f813c17a2026-05-22Verified
Idaho State AGbd_7512a888196e1e082026-05-26 · +4dCandidate
Texas State AGbd_733090f2f1eb085f2026-06-10 · +19dVerified

Name: Cowley College
norm: cowley college
Domain: cowley.edu

Name: Cowley College
norm: cowley college
Domain: cowley.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notification of Data Security Incident to New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained a forensic investigation firm
Shut down our server
Undertook efforts to restore our server
Offering services through Iris Identity Monitoring at no cost
Changes made: Work closely with leading security experts to identify and implement measures to further strengthen the security of Cowley’s systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 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

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Indiana State AGMay 22 · first

Vermont State AGMay 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 22 · first · this page

Idaho State AG+4d

Texas State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing May 22 (IN), last Jun 10 (TX) — a 19-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/cowley-county-community-college-20260522.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2026
Raw hash: e98257d37aee27688e12ebe72561d90d62e1c9dc9bfc8cfee0242ede9e92b3ea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCowley College

Victim entityCowley College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2026

Stated responseRetained a forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov