HackingEducationEducationIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Chattanooga State Community

bd_c1f2f54031b8cd66 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 6, 2023

Filed

Jun 30, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2442 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Chattanooga State Community →

Chattanooga State Community College reported an external system breach discovered on May 6, 2023. The incident compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 1,244 individuals. The college began notifying affected individuals in writing on June 28, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services from Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 6, 2023 → Filed with AG Jun 30, 202355d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

May 6, 2023

Begins

May 6, 2023

Discovered

Jun 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by nokoyawa about this victim predates this filing by 42 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitesnatchbd_8e1ab4d295b6b5452023-05-23 · +38dVerified by operator
Leak Sitenokoyawabd_16f2d0629c5d04942023-05-18 · +42dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a84cb9f2310d4f8b2023-06-29 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_b19ad5c01adb88612023-06-28 · +2dVerified

Name: Chattanooga State Community
norm: chattanooga state community
Domain: chattanoogastate.edu

Name: Chattanooga State Community
norm: chattanooga state community
Domain: chattanoogastate.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 6, 2023
Breach occurred: May 6, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,244state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 55dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 6, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jun 30, 2023
55d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 6, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jun 30, 2023	55d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJun 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+2d · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ef189e38-2675-470d-8935-6e1cd2bae26d.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2023
Raw hash: c4292814d9e650f8854df738e32ff446cc318fabfb2fc209410da55c129c86f2

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChattanooga State Community

Victim entityChattanooga State Community

Incidentdiscovered May 6, 2023

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov