HackingEducationTechnologyEducationVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Vista Higher Learning

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Sep 6, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Vista Higher Learning →

Vista Higher Learning, Inc. disclosed a cyberattack where a cybercriminal exploited a vulnerability to access network files between July 10 and July 25, 2024. The incident exposed personal information including names, SSNs, and bank account details for a small number of employees and vendors. VHL engaged Rapid7 for investigation and remediation, including retiring old servers and implementing MDR. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jul 10, 2024

Begins

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Sep 6, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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_7191ed8772961ad22024-09-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8ea69603340c99182024-09-06Verified
Maine State AGbd_8fd8045d61c60fe92024-09-06Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_c9778375a87749c82024-09-06Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_fcf64972cfc6ddd72024-09-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9cd942ab3e1ea0fc2024-09-09 · +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: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying relevant state authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted Rapid7, VHL’s independent cybersecurity investigation and recovery vendor, to provide assistance
Secured servers from further unauthorized activity
Began an independent cybersecurity analysis
Engaged a specialized firm to conduct an in-depth review of the potentially affected files
Notifying relevant state authorities
Offering twenty-four (24) months of 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: 6 weeks(45 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

Vermont State AGSep 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 6 · first

Montana State AGSep 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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-1660.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 6, 2024
Raw hash: 85c28c9f4b65662b4b021a3172f87ff67bd31af2a5a5bae8bb83fd7d2ce2d9bf

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, to provide assistance

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov