SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE DATA BREACH

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from South Suburban College, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

On or about August 5, 2024, South Suburban College (“SSC”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) via mail to victims of the SSC data breach, informing them that their personal information and Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), was obtained by an unauthorized actor who accessed SSC’s network (“data breach”).

After SSC became aware of the potential unauthorized access to its network on November 8, 2023, it launched an investigation. The investigation determined that an unauthorized user had potentially infiltrated SSC’s network and attempted to ransom data. As a result of the data breach, hackers obtained their first and last names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers from victims.

Founded in 1927, SSC is a public community college with campuses in South Holland and Oak Forest, IL. SSC usually has around 7,000 students enrolled each year and a student to faculty ratio of approximately 20:1.

Specific numbers are not yet known, but it is likely thousands of people in Illinois and possibly throughout the United States were exposed. If you received a Breach Letter from SSC, then you were impacted by the data breach.

SSC has offered victims of the data breach one year of free credit monitoring services as a precaution.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to SSC, the following information was exposed:

• First and Last Name
• Address
• Date of Birth
• Social Security Number

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible.

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from South Suburban College, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.