HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pacific Union College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2023

Filed

Nov 13, 2023

To disclose

6 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pacific Union College →2 incidents on file

Pacific Union College notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized network access occurring March 5-19, 2023. The incident affected approximately 5 NH residents, exposing personal, government ID, and medical information. Notification to residents began November 9, 2023, including credit monitoring offers.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d6 days 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

undetected · 247 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Mar 5, 2023

Begins

Nov 7, 2023

Discovered

Nov 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by trigona about this victim predates this filing by 167 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitetrigonabd_6033bd183ac097462023-05-30 · +167dVerified

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_9c39c3895a33ce7e2023-11-16 · +3dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_9d1dc3ff1d515b8f2023-11-09 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_fa36af0c7990e4fe2023-11-08 · +5dCandidate
California State AGbd_3d77409f4135c7592023-11-07 · +6dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_76165e2332afc30e2023-11-07 · +6dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_ea10a61c3e970c3a2023-11-07 · +6dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_eb6b267241ca6c382023-11-07 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Pacific Union College
norm: pacific union college
Domain: puc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 5, 2023 – Mar 19, 2023
Undetected for: 247 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offering the affected residents whose were impacted complimentary memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >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 · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGNov 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 7 · first

Oregon State AGNov 7 · first

Montana State AGNov 7 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Washington State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (CA), last Nov 16 (WA) — a 9-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/pacific-union-college-20231113.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2023
Raw hash: c348a9e4a867d6b8cb7a6d3fbf6ff89e2e45f7af7d3935f3fe2b99b56575ebf3

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityPacific Union College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov