HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Centralia College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2022

Filed

Aug 8, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Centralia College →2 incidents on file

Centralia College notified the NH Attorney General that unauthorized access to its network occurred between Jan 19 and Feb 14, 2022. The college discovered on July 8, 2022 that files containing names and SSNs of 6 NH residents were removed. Notices were sent on Aug 3, 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 170 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jan 19, 2022

Begins

Jul 8, 2022

Discovered

Aug 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit2bd_3f31b491c1832aab2022-02-19 · +169dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_920c9d61915d4fb42022-08-12 · +4dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_1883a402ccd0af8b2022-08-03 · +5dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_3460524868fbe6952022-08-03 · +5dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_786af0b162beb1632022-08-03 · +5dVerified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_86b07e65699342b72022-08-03 · +5dVerified by operator

Name: Centralia College
norm: centralia college
Domain: centralia.edu

Name: Centralia College
norm: centralia college
Domain: centralia.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 19, 2022 – Feb 14, 2022
Undetected for: 170 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2022
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
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: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring to any resident whose Social Security number was impacted
Providing written notification of this incident commencing on or about August 3, 2022
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 3 · first

Maine State AGAug 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 3 · first

Indiana State AGAug 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Washington State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (MT), last Aug 12 (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/centralia-college-20220808.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2022
Raw hash: a50d3a13b00889ac0c023bd874ff87825a725fe9abeb9328ea621f1d14afe536

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentralia College

Victim entityCentralia College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2022

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov