Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedEducationIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 8, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

1,740state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine →

AACOM notified Washington AG of a September 2024 email account compromise affecting 1,740 residents. Personal info (names, DOB, SSN) accessed. Investigation engaged, email secured, and 12-month credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 194 days

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0f81799057ac7a062025-04-08Verified
Iowa State AGbd_31778ded704f2f6d2025-04-08Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_6ab7b871b501d6bd2025-04-08Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_6c79effcee6ebf362025-04-08Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_d68c22df129ea1182025-04-08Verified
Oregon State AGbd_dab067214f98a9192025-04-08Verified
California State AGbd_e8b87fa5585fb7082025-04-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_ebcca748e75e0a1f2025-04-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_f18c285904f92eea2025-04-08Verified
Illinois State AGbd_3bf453d2a4cb5c1b2025-04-01 · +7dVerified

Name: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
norm: american association of colleges of osteopathic medicine

Name: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
norm: american association of colleges of osteopathic medicine
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,740state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthStudent ID number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email environment
Engaged independent experts to complete a comprehensive investigation
Undertook a comprehensive review to determine the nature of the information
Provided notification to potentially affected Washington residents by first-class U.S. mail
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions
Arranged to provide 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Reporting the incident to the major nationwide consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further enhance the security of its email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(194 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

Washington State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (WA) — 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA32962.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 8, 2025
Raw hash: c5ba60d8db4ff898138bb76a9bd91b4cac6d18436836c6b07994835c918905a9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Victim entityAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email environment

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com