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Hope College

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

Dec 16, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Hope College →

Hope College discovered potential unauthorized access to its network on September 27, 2022. The incident may have involved the first and last name of affected individuals. The college engaged third-party forensic specialists and is offering complimentary credit monitoring services. The investigation was completed, and the incident is considered contained.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 27, 2022 → Notified Dec 15, 202279d ✗ CA 60-day late11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Sep 27, 2022

Begins

Sep 27, 2022

Discovered

Dec 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0cdafc6482d5ed3e2022-12-16Verified
Washington State AGbd_18a48ef8b07b3fde2022-12-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2a87d3260ac8c89f2022-12-16Verified
Oregon State AGbd_3305749a10bce03d2022-12-16Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

Maine State AGbd_eb82ec013c31afe82022-12-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8233c349a01e818d2022-12-15 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1ee9d301c16a9352022-12-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Hope College
norm: hope college
Domain: hope.edu

Name: Hope College
norm: hope college
Domain: hope.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Immediately began working with our IT team
Engaged third-party computer specialists to conduct a full forensic investigation
Undertook a comprehensive and time-consuming review of our internal files and compiled a list of individuals potentially impacted
Arranged the ability to activate, at no cost to you, an online credit monitoring service for <<Service length>> months provided by Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 79d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 27, 2022
→ Notified: Dec 15, 2022
79d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 27, 2022 → Notified: Dec 15, 2022	79d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGDec 15 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 15 (IN), last Dec 20 (NH) — a 5-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-560169
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2022
Raw hash: 4fa90244c8d14b8d0b49dfe96a63465ffa69f87393be8718a8fec19417d89c82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHope College

Victim entityHope College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2022

Stated responseImmediately began working with our IT team

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov