HackingEducationEducationBrute ForceStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 25, 2018

Filed

Jul 6, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9,5782 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County →

Career & Technology Education Centers of Licking County (C-TEC) notified the NH AG of a data event where an unauthorized actor gained access to its network via brute force on Feb 12, 2018. A file containing 9,578 names and SSNs was accessible for 4 minutes. C-TEC engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 102 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 12, 2018

Begins

May 25, 2018

Discovered

Jul 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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_909519cde8aa44672018-07-06Verified
Montana State AGbd_e94d2009b71bd2302018-07-06Candidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County
norm: career and technology education centers of licking county
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 25, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2018
Undetected for: 102 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 9,578state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProvided written notice to the F.B.I. and other state regulators

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic investigation firm
Provided all potentially affected individuals complimentary access to 12 free months of credit and identity monitoring services through Kroll
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to the F.B.I. and other state regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards regarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AGJul 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 6 · 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/career-technology-education-20180706.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2018
Raw hash: 2a9be68b6357e15826e3dc0d2bbc5a2bea3c20586d71e262a35ec227091dd820

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCareer and Technology Education Centers of Licking County

Incidentdiscovered May 25, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov