Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Broward College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 18, 2017

Filed

Jan 10, 2018

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

29state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Broward College →

Broward College notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where employees clicked a malicious link and provided credentials. Unauthorized access to email accounts occurred between July 18 and Sept 8, 2017. Data accessed included names, DOBs, SSNs, financial account numbers, and driver's licenses. 29 NH residents affected. Notices sent Jan 10, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 145 days

Jul 18, 2017

Begins

Aug 18, 2017

Discovered

Jan 10, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 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_8f114e49e310f7c52018-01-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_ee31d47d24c3e4f12018-01-10Candidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Broward College
norm: broward college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 18, 2017 – Sep 8, 2017
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 10, 2018
Affected individuals: 29state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigator
Ensured that all passwords were changed
Continues to monitor their systems to ensure the privacy and security of personal information
Providing all potentially affected individuals access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(145 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 AGJan 10 · first

Montana State AGJan 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 10 · 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/broward-college-20180110.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 10, 2018
Raw hash: 2ecb0a2122a7d6caa4e47cf1731e29b89783ba96a294481068bca00537931fda

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityBroward College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov