HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Columbia College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2021

Filed

Nov 4, 2021

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

4,189state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Columbia College →

Columbia College detected unauthorized access to an employee email account on March 15, 2021. The investigation determined that personal information, including names, was contained in the account. The college secured the email system, engaged a digital forensics firm, and notified law enforcement. Complimentary identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due33 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 234 days

Mar 15, 2021

Begins

Mar 15, 2021

Discovered

Nov 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_055a4be80e998aec2021-11-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_441dc758fc47f94e2021-11-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4f62de003b886b052021-11-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_706c01d488951c912021-11-04Verified

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Montana State AGbd_9c7012584cff016f2021-11-04Verified

Name: Columbia College
norm: columbia college
Domain: columbiasc.edu

Name: Columbia College
norm: columbia college
Domain: columbiasc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 4,189state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email system
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading digital forensics firm
Reported this matter to law enforcement
Changes made: Offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(234 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 4 · first

Indiana State AGNov 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 4 · first

Maine State AGNov 4 · first

Montana State AGNov 4 · first

South Carolina State AGNov 4 · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/ColumbiaCollege.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2021
Raw hash: 24d701cc140ca1cf8c33ac26cdcb85a755d93342456bd3a33dbb3b95ad41cab4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbia College

Victim entityColumbia College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email system

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov