HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Erie Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

Oct 3, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected

14state residents only

Confidence

66%

Erie Community College notified individuals of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed computer servers and workstations. The incident involved the exposure of Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. ECC secured the systems, investigated, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks. The notification was sent on November 13, 2020.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Sep 18, 2020

Discovered

Oct 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed14 affectedView incident

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Commenced an investigation
Undertaken a comprehensive review of the data
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional policies and electronic security features to enhance our security posture
Increasing employee cybersecurity training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/erieSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2020
Raw hash: 3e3d79c6d1aaaec59b5238ea2c3e2a4b9a9f3ff1561eccdfb3d513277507a4bc

Reporting entityErie Community College

Victim entityErie Community College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2020

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov