MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

South Suburban College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 8, 2023

Filed

Aug 5, 2024

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for South Suburban College →

South Suburban College notified consumers of a cybersecurity attack detected on November 8, 2023, where an unauthorized third party attempted to infiltrate the network and demand ransom. Potential exposure of names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs. No evidence of specific misuse found. Credit monitoring provided.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday39 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 · 39 weeks / 271 days

Nov 8, 2023

Discovered

Aug 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_722798b0bd47ba7a2024-08-06 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_893b9875938d13012024-08-06 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_98e7f48b632601a92024-08-06 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b28c41ad1f6265e22024-08-06 · +1dCandidate

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Illinois State AGbd_3c0191017b1f519a2024-08-01 · +4dVerified

Name: South Suburban College
norm: south suburban college

Name: South Suburban College
norm: south suburban college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity experts
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and enhanced security measures
Reviewed and taken steps to enhance its policies and procedures relating to the security of its systems
Enhanced information life cycle management
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(271 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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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Illinois State AGAug 1 · first

Vermont State AG+4d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (IL), last Aug 6 (ME) — 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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-08-05-south-suburban-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: Aug 5, 2024
Raw hash: 82fbf8f6b2ccdf427d9917b251b5c39c08605c0ea69d89a7ac6b4a3deade2bea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Suburban College

Victim entitySouth Suburban College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2023

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov