HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumContained

Blackburn College

bd_affb9d1d2c7094c0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2023

Filed

Mar 5, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Blackburn College →

Blackburn College notified consumers and employees of a December 14, 2023 network security incident where an unauthorized third party accessed systems. Forensic investigation concluded February 6, 2024, finding no evidence of data acquisition but determining unauthorized access to personal information was possible. Students: name, email, password. Employees: name, SSN. No misuse confirmed. Credit monitoring offered.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Dec 14, 2023

Discovered

Mar 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 53 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_94310d4c8aa116452024-01-11 · +53dVerified

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0b562bdb4acb516b2024-03-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_06a5a768911a846a2024-03-08 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1b0dae8c3d5a96282024-03-08 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_431ee909a3523d082024-04-02 · +28dVerified by operator

Name: Blackburn College
norm: blackburn college
Domain: blackburn.edu

Name: Blackburn College
norm: blackburn college
Domain: blackburn.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Communicated with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity
Communicated with law enforcement
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Taken steps to bolster network security
Reviewing policies related to security
Offering access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Identity Force
Changes made: Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Taken steps to bolster network security
Reviewing policies related to security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMar 5 · first

Vermont State AGMar 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Mar 5 (IN), last Apr 2 (MA) — a 28-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-05-blackburn-college-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2024
Raw hash: 8e4520561b91fc74a230ed71a437fdae64c3aff7cbf4624a42f4f26d9cc780aa

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlackburn College

Victim entityBlackburn College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov