MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHICriticalContained

Shoreline Community College

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

Apr 14, 2023

To disclose

25 days

Affected

400,000state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Shoreline Community College →2 incidents on file

Shoreline Community College experienced a ransomware incident between Feb 27 and Mar 20, 2023, discovered on Mar 20. Unauthorized access affected up to 400,000 individuals, exposing names, SSNs, passport/license numbers, DOBs, financial accounts, and health data. Notifications sent Apr 14, 2023. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d25 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Feb 27, 2023

Begins

Mar 20, 2023

Discovered

Apr 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed400,000 affectedView incident

Name: Shoreline Community College
norm: shoreline community college
Domain: shoreline.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Shoreline Community College
norm: shoreline community college
Domain: shoreline.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 27, 2023 – Mar 20, 2023
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2023
Affected individuals: 400,000state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthStudent ID numberPassport numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed Notice of Data Breach with Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Took affected systems offline
Engaged third-party cybersecurity firm
Retained outside legal counsel
Established a dedicated toll-free call center
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Implementing multiple layers of protective measures
Enhancing staff training related to handling of sensitive data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA21715.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2023
Raw hash: b00bf1f62094a2fa40dffbccc0f67c6215ec0521dda27ae0774f29f2f239ea79

Reporting entityShoreline Community College

Victim entityShoreline Community College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2023

Stated responseTook affected systems offline

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com