HackingEducationTechnologyEducationVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Vista Higher Learning

bd_9cd942ab3e1ea0fc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Sep 9, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vista Higher Learning →

Vista Higher Learning, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data breach affecting 17 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred July 10-25, 2024, via exploitation of a network vulnerability. Affected data included vendor accounts payable and employee reimbursement info. VHL engaged Rapid7 for investigation and remediation, including retiring old servers and implementing MDR.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Jul 10, 2024

Begins

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Sep 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7191ed8772961ad22024-09-06 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8ea69603340c99182024-09-06 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8fd8045d61c60fe92024-09-06 · +3dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_a9ec4e93ab19bc052024-09-06 · +3dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_c9778375a87749c82024-09-06 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fcf64972cfc6ddd72024-09-06 · +3dVerified

Name: Vista Higher Learning
norm: vista higher learning

Name: Vista Higher Learning
norm: vista higher learning
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 10, 2024 – Jul 25, 2024
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 6, 2024
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted Rapid7, VHL’s independent cybersecurity investigation and recovery vendor
Secured VHL’s servers from further unauthorized activity
Engaged a specialized firm to conduct an in-depth review of the potentially affected files
Notifying all affected individuals by first class U.S. mail
Offering all affected individuals complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Retiring old servers
Implementing a managed detection and response (MDR) service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGSep 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 6 · first

Maine State AGSep 6 · first

Montana State AGSep 6 · first

Vermont State AGSep 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/vista-higher-learning-20240909.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2024
Raw hash: 72039f2701b6dc5ad350f1f398b44f254d529449ee9e2b601c7bf376ad9e9ece

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVista Higher Learning

Victim entityVista Higher Learning

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2024

Stated responseContacted Rapid7, VHL’s independent cybersecurity investigation and recovery vendor

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov