HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Trustees of Amherst College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 4, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Trustees of Amherst College →

Trustees of Amherst College notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized actor accessed employee email accounts between May 18-23, 2022. The breach affected 11 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, SSNs, financial account info, and DOBs. The college secured accounts, engaged forensics, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

May 18, 2022

Begins

Nov 4, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_029c7128a49dc2622022-11-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_840f7a12c8f3c10d2022-11-04Candidate

Name: Trustees of Amherst College
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Name: Trustees of Amherst College
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Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 18, 2022 – May 23, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Secured the email accounts
Commenced an investigation with the assistance of a forensic firm
Mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents via U.S. First-Class mail
Offering the New Hampshire residents whose Social Security number is involved one year of complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center for individuals to call with questions regarding the incident
Changes made: Enhancing its existing security protocols and technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 4 · first

Maine State AGNov 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 4 · first · this page

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/trustees-amherst-college-20221104.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2022
Raw hash: 20938b79385c8bcc8914f5912a603f537ecaa6ac84cac383ae8c1d26a883c050

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTrustees of Amherst College

Victim entityTrustees of Amherst College

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov