HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fort Scott Community College

bd_fd5b4fe09c1bcf55 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 23, 2025

Filed

Feb 23, 2026

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fort Scott Community College →

Fort Scott Community College notified individuals of a data security incident discovered on November 23, 2025. An unauthorized party accessed the network, potentially accessing files containing personal information. The college engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, contained the systems, and implemented additional safeguards. Identity monitoring services were provided via Kroll. The notice specifically mentions 1 individual in Rhode Island and addresses Massachusetts residents.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Nov 23, 2025

Discovered

Feb 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_470ee45e487aed242026-02-23Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4a3c4fd8847742522026-02-23Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_df150d1a779c36092026-02-23Verified

Name: Fort Scott Community College
norm: fort scott community college

Name: Fort Scott Community College
norm: fort scott community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 23, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Implemented our incident response plan
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate the nature and scope of the issue
Isolated, contained, and secured the impacted systems
Implemented additional technical safeguards, enhanced security measures, and updated procedures
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented enhanced security measures
Implemented updated procedures to mitigate against the risk of future issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGFeb 23 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 23 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first · this page

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-264-fort-scott-community-college/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2026
Raw hash: 355cc560e81686168711df97cd6abc9d2424f886f43a772ddf6d3415e01e58df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFort Scott Community College

Victim entityFort Scott Community College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 23, 2025

Stated responseImplemented our incident response plan

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov