HackingTechnologyEducationInformationStolen CredentialsData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

National Student Clearinghouse

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Dec 18, 2023

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1,695state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Supplemental notice to NH AG regarding National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit Transfer breach. Incident occurred ~May 30, 2023; discovered May 31, 2023. 1,695 NH residents notified. Data included PII/SSNs. Third-party vendor Progress Software involved. Remediation: patches applied, monitoring enhanced, credit monitoring offered.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d29 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 201 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Dec 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

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 187 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_8ac0fc71a5cf7b942023-12-15 · +3dCandidate
California State AGbd_c5625c0a94dc7f2e2023-12-12 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_ff3f3f8d31ce3bb42023-09-22 · +87dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_116e7610d8f2a7682023-09-21 · +88dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 109d gap

California State AGbd_3c0bc77e712651d42023-09-21 · +88dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f56f2ba4dc3877702023-09-21 · +88dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e6b6aa0a9330aac62023-09-18 · +91dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_2a4b3c8c4d73dde12023-08-31 · +109dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_31d33972c1e551702023-08-31 · +109dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_b407d20f148d36942023-08-31 · +109dVerified 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 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,695state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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 on August 31, 2023Provided update to New Hampshire Attorney General's Office on December 11, 2023
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts
Coordinated with law enforcement
Sent additional notifications on behalf and at the request of certain data owners
Offered identity monitoring services at no cost to such affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented patches to the MOVEit software pursuant to Progress Software’s instructions
Put in place additional monitoring measures to further protect systems and data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(201 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 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

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 · this page

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-20231218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2023
Raw hash: fcad2341817353a66f902c8bfedeae9a6da1f03f3643752584a895b03eb8c25f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Victim entityNational Student Clearinghouse

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the support of leading cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov