HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pacific Union College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 15, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Pacific Union College reported that an unauthorized individual accessed employee email accounts between July 6, 2021, and February 25, 2022. The compromised accounts contained full names and Social Security numbers. The college engaged outside cybersecurity professionals for investigation and is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Jul 6, 2021

Begins

Nov 15, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_64057e0121f31e962022-11-15Candidate

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

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

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2021 – Feb 25, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Analyzed the extent of any compromise of the email accounts and the security of the emails and attachments contained within them
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGNov 15 · first

California State AGNov 15 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-559239
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2022
Raw hash: 434fd9fdd3b4493b4dca14b03395be77f1a682ef7dc11365ff3689683ba8190d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Union College

Victim entityPacific Union College

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov