Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Columbia College

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 1, 2021

Filed

Nov 4, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Columbia College →

Columbia College notified Montana residents of a March 2021 email account compromise. Unauthorized access occurred on March 15, 2021, involving personal information such as names. The college engaged forensic investigators, secured the email system, reported to law enforcement, and offered one year of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

Mar 15, 2021

Begins

Nov 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_055a4be80e998aec2021-11-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_441dc758fc47f94e2021-11-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4f62de003b886b052021-11-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_706c01d488951c912021-11-04Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_a60fc0e47f1a4b032021-11-04Candidate

Name: Columbia College
norm: columbia college
Domain: columbiasc.edu

Name: Columbia College
norm: columbia college
Domain: columbiasc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this matter to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email system
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading digital forensics firm
Reported this matter to law enforcement
Changes made: Offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(248 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 4 · first

Indiana State AGNov 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 4 · first

Maine State AGNov 4 · first

South Carolina State AGNov 4 · first

Montana State AGNov 4 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-52.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2021
Raw hash: a63c45e0c5efba898b585885544365914f6452e2a6fdd4c94d6aa6760f0adc5f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbia College

Victim entityColumbia College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov