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HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)EducationPIIMediumContained

Connecticut College

bd_add1502cea9bc4e5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2023

Filed

Feb 8, 2024

To disclose

49 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Connecticut College5 incidents on file

Connecticut College notified the California Attorney General of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed and acquired files containing personal information. The incident was detected on March 3, 2023, and contained immediately. A forensic investigation concluded on January 11, 2024, revealing that data including names, SSNs, student IDs, education records, financial aid info, tax IDs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and health records were compromised. The college engaged cybersecurity experts and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

California clockDiscovered Mar 3, 2023Notified Jan 11, 2024314d CA 60-day late49 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 49 weeks / 342 days

Mar 3, 2023

Begins

Mar 3, 2023

Discovered

Feb 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+40 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 4d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGFeb 7 · first
Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first
Montana State AGFeb 7 · first
Maine State AGFeb 7 · first
California State AG+1d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (VT), last Feb 12 (NH) — 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.