HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Anna Maria College

bd_caeac2def6f89113 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 20, 2021

Filed

Nov 24, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Anna Maria College →2 incidents on file

Anna Maria College notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Jan 25 and Apr 20, 2021. Discovered Apr 20, 2021. Investigation by forensic specialists confirmed unauthorized access. PII potentially exposed. Remediation included enhanced safeguards, training, and 1-year Kroll identity monitoring. 88 Rhode Island residents impacted.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 85 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 218 days

Jan 25, 2021

Begins

Apr 20, 2021

Discovered

Nov 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1e5273151ef1fae72021-11-24Verified
Maine State AGbd_b806101364e080b02021-11-24Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_60e5ef7646763ddb2021-11-29 · +5dVerified

Name: Anna Maria College
norm: anna maria college
Domain: annamaria.edu

Name: Anna Maria College
norm: anna maria college
Domain: annamaria.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2021 – Apr 20, 2021
Undetected for: 85 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing notice of this incident to impacted individuals and pertinent state and/or federal regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Conducted by third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a diligent and comprehensive review of the entire contents of the impacted email accounts
Providing notice of this incident to impacted individuals and pertinent state and/or federal regulators
Policies and procedures are being reviewed and enhanced where possible
Additional safeguards are being implemented
Workforce training is being conducted
Offering one year of complimentary access to identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Policies and procedures are being reviewed and enhanced where possible
Additional safeguards are being implemented
Workforce training is being conducted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(218 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 24 · first

Maine State AGNov 24 · first

Montana State AGNov 24 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 24 (MA), last Nov 29 (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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-105.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 24, 2021
Raw hash: fae2a7fd863c983b61bde2032ceed652c829d95d93d05c06e25be86e67776d70

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAnna Maria College

Victim entityAnna Maria College

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2021

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov