HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hartwick College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 9, 2025

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hartwick College →

Hartwick College notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on October 26, 2024. Suspicious activity indicated unauthorized access to personal information, including names and government identifiers. The college reported the incident to law enforcement, engaged independent experts, and offered 12-24 months of identity protection services through IDX.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday24 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 · 24 weeks / 165 days

Oct 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by chort about this victim predates this filing by 142 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitechortbd_0d312d19e0cdf60e2024-11-17 · +143dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_61c035df1f2d90122025-04-10 · +1dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_1c5cb7b12639f4352025-04-08 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_273f83dc01a772032025-04-08 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0cd02106928526332025-04-11 · +2dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_5f0a949dc18357282025-04-11 · +2dVerified

Name: Hartwick College
norm: hartwick college
Domain: hartwick.edu

Name: Hartwick College
norm: hartwick college
Domain: hartwick.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the matter to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported the matter to law enforcement and will cooperate in their efforts to investigate the matter
Restored affected systems as quickly as possible
Worked with independent experts to determine whether personal information may have been accessed or acquired without authorization
Provided you with identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(165 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Nebraska State AGApr 8 · first

Indiana State AGApr 8 · first

Vermont State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Maine State AG+3d

Massachusetts 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-09-hartwick-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: Apr 9, 2025
Raw hash: af21b490a18958edb301b59d6459538e3595ededb7e59161fad8c811e108b169

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHartwick College

Victim entityHartwick College

Incidentdiscovered Oct 26, 2024

Stated responseReported the matter to law enforcement and will cooperate in their efforts to investigate the matter

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov