HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Chemeketa Community College

bd_facf1bcc24c00558 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 13, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Chemeketa Community College notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access to personal information (including SSNs, driver's licenses, W-2s, and medical billing info) occurred on or about Dec 21, 2024. Chemeketa CC was notified on Jan 13, 2025, and offered credit monitoring to affected employees.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Jan 13, 2025

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Scope determined

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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

Name: Chemeketa Community College
norm: chemeketa community college
Domain: linnbenton.edu

Name: Chemeketa Community College
norm: chemeketa community college
Domain: linnbenton.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 24, 2025
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFiled notification with New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offered 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/chemeketa-community-college-carruth-compliance-consulting-20250228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 5f9d4f0d87e67a98cdc04e5ab50948605fc0a8aa7526ffe01a52102ddee36ed5

Reporting entityChemeketa Community College

Victim entityChemeketa Community College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov