HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hope College

bd_b1ee9d301c16a935 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

Dec 20, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

161state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hope College →

Hope College notified the NH Attorney General of a data incident discovered on Sept 27, 2022. Unauthorized access to network files potentially exposed names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers for 161 NH residents. Notices were sent on Dec 15, 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Sep 27, 2022

Discovered

Dec 20, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0cdafc6482d5ed3e2022-12-16 · +4dVerified
Washington State AGbd_18a48ef8b07b3fde2022-12-16 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2a87d3260ac8c89f2022-12-16 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_3305749a10bce03d2022-12-16 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

California State AGbd_c4c2bd429737b0182022-12-16 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eb82ec013c31afe82022-12-16 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_8233c349a01e818d2022-12-15 · +5dCandidate

Name: Hope College
norm: hope college
Domain: hope.edu

Name: Hope College
norm: hope college
Domain: hope.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 161state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of Attorney General

During the incident: Secured its network
Took the impacted system offline
Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive process to identify what type of information may have been contained within the potentially impacted files
Provided written notice of this incident to the potentially impacted New Hampshire residents
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for twelve (12) months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGDec 15 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 15 (IN), last Dec 20 (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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/hope-college-20221220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2022
Raw hash: 549b808b01320c0f66d6e3687be68cc4f6223d7f69f12dfba4e473d40cdb4d35

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHope College

Victim entityHope College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2022

Stated responseSecured its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov