HackingTechnologyEducationInformationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

National Student Clearinghouse

bd_e6b6aa0a9330aac6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

Sep 18, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

103state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for National Student Clearinghouse →2 incidents on file

National Student Clearinghouse notified NH AG of a data security issue involving its third-party provider, Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer solution. The incident occurred on or around May 30, 2023. Approximately 103 New Hampshire residents were affected. The Clearinghouse coordinated with law enforcement and offered 24 months of free identity monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d16 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 30, 2023

Discovered

Sep 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 96 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_116e7610d8f2a7682023-09-21 · +3dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_3c0bc77e712651d42023-09-21 · +3dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f56f2ba4dc3877702023-09-21 · +3dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_ff3f3f8d31ce3bb42023-09-22 · +4dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 91d gap

Maine State AGbd_2a4b3c8c4d73dde12023-08-31 · +18dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_31d33972c1e551702023-08-31 · +18dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_b407d20f148d36942023-08-31 · +18dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_c5625c0a94dc7f2e2023-12-12 · +85dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8ac0fc71a5cf7b942023-12-15 · +88dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_ef6d774a2bb958e32023-12-18 · +91dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: National Student Clearinghouse
norm: national student clearinghouse
Domain: studentclearinghouse.org

Name: National Student Clearinghouse
norm: national student clearinghouse
Domain: studentclearinghouse.org
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: May 30, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 103state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Took steps to secure the Clearinghouse’s relevant systems
Coordinated with law enforcement
Worked diligently to coordinate with impacted data owners to identify mailing address information for affected individuals
Offered to provide notification on their behalf in accordance with state law
Arranged to offer 24 months of identity monitoring services at no cost to such affected individuals
Changes made: Offered 24 months of identity monitoring services at no cost to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGAug 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AGAug 31 · first

New Hampshire State AG+18d · this page

Washington State AG+21d

California State AG+21d

Oregon State AG+21d

South Carolina State AG+22d

California State AG+103d

Maine State AG+106d

New Hampshire State AG+109d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (ME), last Dec 18 (NH) — a 109-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/national-student-clearinghouse-20230918.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2023
Raw hash: f08ac520213a8f189fddb9a3bbd0bb7d47a4ff242f6e9d4d01f6a50e5d9e131d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Victim entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2023

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov