Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Western Technical College

bd_aac0876a4a391f48 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 24, 2019

Filed

Mar 21, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Western Technical College →2 incidents on file

Western Technical College notified affected individuals of a security incident where unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between Oct 10-12, 2018, likely via phishing. The attacker accessed one account containing personal info of some individuals. The college secured accounts, engaged a security firm, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 106 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Oct 10, 2018

Begins

Jan 24, 2019

Discovered

Mar 21, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ac80363afc6ca8e52019-03-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0b0dd0f5d0d6fdc52019-03-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Western Technical College
norm: western technical college

Name: Western Technical College
norm: western technical college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 10, 2018 – Oct 12, 2018
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2019
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading data security firm to assist
Conducted a thorough review of the email accounts
Secured the email accounts
Offered complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further enhance and strengthen security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 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 AGMar 21 · first

Montana State AGMar 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/CON-WesternTech_MT-AG-Notice_3.21.19.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2019
Raw hash: badea667bb2246b7cfeed2b9c30248c2ec0a516f2d178c497475016d74f310c5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWestern Technical College

Victim entityWestern Technical College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a leading data security firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov