Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

LUTHER COLLEGE

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 12, 2016

Filed

Dec 20, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LUTHER COLLEGE →

Luther College notified the NH AG of a phishing incident on Dec 20, 2016. Discovered Oct 12, 2016, employees clicked phishing links and entered credentials. Access to workstations/email confirmed Nov 1, 2016. 2 NH residents affected. Data potentially included names, DOB, SSN, and financial account info. No evidence of actual data acquisition, but access could not be ruled out. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Oct 12, 2016

Discovered

Dec 20, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a4486b266a72e832016-12-20Verified
Montana State AGbd_f95ce7eba87dbcfc2016-12-20Candidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: LUTHER COLLEGE
norm: luther college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 12, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators and consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure these employees' computers and email accounts
Launched a in-depth investigation
Hired an outside computer forensic investigator to confirm the security of its systems and to make recommendations for improvement
Providing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Offering all affected individuals access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClearID
Changes made: Hired an outside computer forensic investigator to confirm the security of its systems and to make recommendations for improvement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 20 · first

Montana State AGDec 20 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 20 · first · 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/luther-college-20161220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2016
Raw hash: 03690abc30836ee2c8484c881f1f17492190c51f9d9ba04795dcb354a204c952

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityLUTHER COLLEGE

Incidentdiscovered Oct 12, 2016

Stated responseTook steps to secure these employees' computers and email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov