HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Connecticut College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2023

Filed

Aug 31, 2024

To disclose

18 months

Affected

711state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Connecticut College →5 incidents on file

Connecticut College notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to systems containing personal information of 711 Washington residents. Incident detected March 3, 2023; notification sent Feb 7, 2024. Data included names, SSNs, student IDs, financial aid info, driver's licenses, and health records. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d18 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 months / 547 days

Mar 3, 2023

Discovered

Aug 31, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+70 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a150417b7cab79bb2024-08-20 · +11dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_fdfa386d708526422024-09-12 · +12dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_882315fc0b5708342024-08-01 · +30dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Connecticut College
norm: connecticut college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 711state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberStudent ID numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, might have been present in files accessed and/or acquired by the unauthorized party
Provided the aforementioned affected individuals with written notification of this incident
Offered the affected Washington residents complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports
Provided the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(547 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGAug 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+19d

Washington State AG+30d · this page

Maine State AG+42d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (IL), last Sep 12 (ME) — a 42-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM17547.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2024
Raw hash: 64f620a8823c460bf2cfb123abe4ce8a375c724d8cff62772b5497c71ecacd9f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityConnecticut College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2023

Stated responseEngaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, might have been present in files accessed and/or acquired by the unauthorized party

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com