HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Washington College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 14, 2023

Filed

Nov 22, 2023

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

35state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Washington College →

Washington College notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems via VPN between Feb 11 and Mar 14, 2023. Discovered Mar 14, 2023. 35 NH residents affected; SSNs and basic PII exposed. Notifications sent Nov 15, 2023, with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 253 days

Feb 11, 2023

Begins

Mar 14, 2023

Discovered

Nov 22, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_22f9816550256dfd2023-11-15 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2792e276525f5d4b2023-11-15 · +7dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_6fa28dd3dc16b6052023-11-15 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d33337c055e853942023-11-15 · +7dVerified

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Delaware State AGbd_f8b33908a3e578252023-11-15 · +7dVerified

Name: Washington College
norm: washington college

Name: Washington College
norm: washington college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2023 – Mar 14, 2023
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 35state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Acted quickly to stop the activity and investigate the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Took steps to contain the threat and secure our systems
Launched an investigation in consultation with an external team of cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were potentially impacted complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(253 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGNov 15 · first

Maine State AGNov 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first

Montana State AGNov 15 · first

Delaware State AGNov 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (VT), last Nov 22 (NH) — 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/washington-college-20231122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2023
Raw hash: a60cb8d44e6d790feff29524d48f9e545b6588d3408da5318eaea40cf811becc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington College

Victim entityWashington College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2023

Stated responseActed quickly to stop the activity and investigate the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov