HackingEducationOtherEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Church of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 14, 2023

Filed

Feb 21, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Church of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College →

Church of the Highlands and Highlands College notified affected individuals of a cyber incident discovered on November 14, 2023. An unauthorized third party accessed files containing personal information (names, SSNs, TINs) of individuals receiving 1099s between 2020-2023. The investigation is complete, law enforcement was notified, and credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

Nov 14, 2023

Discovered

Feb 21, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3b52f7f4f62b79112024-02-26 · +5dVerified

Name: Church of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College
norm: church of the highlands inc and highlands college

Name: Church of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College
norm: church of the highlands inc and highlands college
Industry: EducationllmOtherllm

Discovered: Nov 14, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to law enforcement and cooperated with law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took action to contain the incident
Began an investigation
Worked to restore the affected systems
Cybersecurity forensic team conducted a thorough investigation
Reported it to law enforcement and have cooperated with law enforcement
Implemented measures to further enhance network security
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented measures to further enhance network security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Continue to monitor our systems for opportunities to incorporate safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 21 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 21 (MT), last Feb 26 (IN) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1175.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2024
Raw hash: c468ed8bf945fd3ddb9b83ac3255bff3aba68db63f292a15eb01648057bed38f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChurch of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College

Victim entityChurch of the Highlands, Inc and Highlands College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 14, 2023

Stated responseTook action to contain the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov