Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

College of Southern Idaho

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2017

Filed

Feb 8, 2017

To disclose

6 days

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for College of Southern Idaho →

College of Southern Idaho notified employees that on Feb 2, 2017, an attacker impersonated an employee via phishing to fraudulently obtain W-2 files containing PII, SSNs, and compensation data. The college contacted law enforcement, offered one year of Equifax identity protection, and plans additional employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Feb 2, 2017

Begins

Feb 2, 2017

Discovered

Feb 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: College of Southern Idaho
norm: college of southern idaho
Domain: csi.edu

Name: College of Southern Idaho
norm: college of southern idaho
Domain: csi.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted local and federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted local and federal law enforcement
Offering one year of complimentary identity protection services from Equifax
Will provide additional training concerning how to handle any requests for sensitive information
Changes made: Will provide additional training concerning how to handle any requests for sensitive information and how to potentially recognize a phishing scheme for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/College-of-Southern-Idaho.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2017
Raw hash: ed94d30098bc09b575f1d0d6a59cf5a81c0a7e76337b6b7385585029fb83a564

Reporting entityCollege of Southern Idaho

Victim entityCollege of Southern Idaho

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2017

Stated responseContacted local and federal law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov