Merced College Provides Notice of Data Breach to Students Following Malware Attack

On March 9, 2023, Merced College (“MCCD”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of California after learning that a malware attack resulted in confidential student information being exposed to an unauthorized party. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, addresses and other Personally Identifying Information (“PII”). After confirming that consumer data was leaked, Merced College began sending…
By: Console and Associates, P.C.