HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Lakeland Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 29, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lakeland Community College →2 incidents on file

Lakeland Community College notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to its network between March 7 and March 31, 2023. The investigation concluded that personal information, including Social Security numbers, was removed from the network for approximately 8 New Hampshire residents. The college engaged outside cybersecurity professionals, contained the incident, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals. No specific malware or threat actor was identified.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Mar 7, 2023

Begins

Sep 29, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim predates this filing by 163 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_8eba789118cbc74c2023-04-18 · +164dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_840beaab047d17c52023-09-20 · +9dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7f7fc5a29313c5f72023-09-19 · +10dVerified

Name: Lakeland Community College
norm: lakeland community college
Domain: lakelandcc.edu

Name: Lakeland Community College
norm: lakeland community college
Domain: lakelandcc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offering complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Providing the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 19 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 19 (MA), last Sep 29 (NH) — a 10-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/lakeland-community-college-20230929.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 29, 2023
Raw hash: 9cc54ce1173b7233b90ceee886593bd9705a32376423d27538ccae26e33a9984

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLakeland Community College

Victim entityLakeland Community College

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov