HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 11, 2024

Filed

Aug 13, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Copiah-Lincoln Community College →

Copiah-Lincoln Community College notified consumers of a data breach occurring March 8-11, 2024, discovered March 11, 2024. Unauthorized access exposed names and Social Security numbers. The college engaged in investigation, implemented safeguards, and offered 12-24 months of credit monitoring via CyEx.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Mar 8, 2024

Begins

Mar 11, 2024

Discovered

Jun 25, 2024

Scope determined

Aug 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2ec8fa0c386fd13a2024-08-13Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5f2ec7f493ba15a22024-08-13Verified
Maine State AGbd_6d7cb2ff76e4f2fb2024-08-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8d146a082de97a4b2024-08-13Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_92a4386d9cc1ecb22024-08-13Verified

Name: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
norm: copiah lincoln community college
Domain: colin.edu

Name: Copiah-Lincoln Community College
norm: copiah lincoln community college
Domain: colin.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 8, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 25, 2024
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately commenced an investigation
Took steps to implement additional safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Provided access to twelve (12)/twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through CyEx at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 13 · first

Indiana State AGAug 13 · first

Maine State AGAug 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 13 · first

Vermont State AGAug 13 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-08-13-copiah-lincoln-community-college-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 13, 2024
Raw hash: e3fbb1604f4a64a9cd212f64e7969837ae246729bd2c4a1ea1d57a29c2f5c476

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCopiah-Lincoln Community College

Victim entityCopiah-Lincoln Community College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 11, 2024

Stated responseImmediately commenced an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov