HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Amherst College

bd_cc17db694476c921 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 12, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Amherst College →3 incidents on file

Amherst College notified Massachusetts residents of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to student and employee records. The breach compromised personally identifiable information, including Social Security numbers and dates of birth. The College is offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks and advising affected individuals to place fraud alerts or security freezes on their credit files.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 12, 2026

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Amherst College
norm: amherst college

Name: Amherst College
norm: amherst college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Providing information on how to obtain and monitor credit reports
Recommending placing a fraud alert on credit files
Recommending placing a security freeze on credit files
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.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-763-amherst-college/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2026
Raw hash: e7a6991461b540e9acfa2237f240928592377a7d3c2086ddd4a273bd63e98cf0

Reporting entityAmherst College

Victim entityAmherst College

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseOffering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov