HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sarah Lawrence College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2025

Filed

Oct 10, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sarah Lawrence College →

Sarah Lawrence College notified consumers of a security incident occurring between September 4-9, 2025, involving unauthorized access to a user's SharePoint account. The incident potentially exposed personal information including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and addresses. The College offered complimentary credit monitoring services through Cyberscout/TransUnion to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday4 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Sep 4, 2025

Begins

Sep 9, 2025

Discovered

Oct 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_63d1a50bc826b6212025-10-09 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_939d86abe5234b382025-10-09 · +1dVerified

Name: Sarah Lawrence College
norm: sarah lawrence college
Domain: sarahlawrence.edu

Name: Sarah Lawrence College
norm: sarah lawrence college
Domain: sarahlawrence.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 4, 2025 – Sep 9, 2025
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notify applicable regulatory authorities, as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Confirming the security of our systems
Reviewing the contents of relevant data for sensitive information
Notifying impacted individuals associated with that sensitive information
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Changes made: Reviewing our policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage and access of personal information to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGOct 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

Vermont State AG+1d · 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/2025-10-10-sarah-lawrence-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: Oct 10, 2025
Raw hash: 38784cab63a848843e31ff8247d97e725c5c968315fa1e941dffe732e0ac8f6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySarah Lawrence College

Victim entitySarah Lawrence College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov