HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowActive

North Orange County Community College District

bd_fb480a363c03778b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

Mar 25, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for North Orange County Community College District →

North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) disclosed unauthorized access to networks at Cypress College and Fullerton College between Dec 7, 2021 and Jan 10, 2022. Suspicious activity was detected on Jan 10, 2022. Files containing names and potentially other PII/employment data were accessed. NOCCCD engaged forensic specialists, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Dec 7, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2022

Discovered

Mar 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_08c4560773f95b7a2022-03-25Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_1b8bdba0110307d32022-03-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_4c2cb50347a6bc302022-03-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dfdf53d2a2d76ffa2022-03-28 · +3dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 67d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d53a48e5c1598bb12022-04-04 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_5bba2129dab58ac22022-05-24 · +60dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a594205c18f354a02022-05-31 · +67dVerified

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu
Industry: education

Name: North Orange County Community College District
norm: north orange county community college district
Domain: nocccd.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2021 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the FBIreporting to regulatory authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists
Deployment of an advanced threat protection and monitoring tool
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Reporting to regulatory authorities and the major credit reporting agencies
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Implemented cybersecurity measures, such as multi-factor authentication
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies related to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGMar 25 · first

Indiana State AGMar 25 · first

Maine State AGMar 25 · first

Montana State AGMar 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

California State AG+60d

New Hampshire State AG+67d

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (CA), last May 31 (NH) — a 67-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/North-Orange-County-Community-College-District-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2022
Raw hash: 15391cea314c389b29d129353afcda70bc31a0c4c5455c914c8c9c61efd5a235

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Victim entityNorth Orange County Community College District

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2022

Stated responseBegan investigating the activity with the assistance of outside computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov