DisclosureLens
MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City

bd_cd0dcd8be25a90fd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City

Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City experienced a ransomware attack on March 10, 2020, resulting in data encryption. A forensic investigation determined that an unauthorized party may have accessed sensitive data, including names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical information, and bank account information of students and employees. No evidence of data extraction or misuse was found. The college engaged third-party forensics, implemented additional security safeguards, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

Mar 10, 2020

Begins

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

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

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 14 · first
California State AGAug 14 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 14 (IN), last Aug 21 (MA) — a 7-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.