HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Syracuse University

bd_05a44b36da3cd578 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 5, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Syracuse University →3 incidents on file

Syracuse University reported unauthorized access to an employee's email account between September 24 and September 28, 2020. The university secured the account and engaged a cybersecurity firm. On January 4, 2021, it determined that some emails contained personal information. The university implemented additional security measures and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Sep 24, 2020

Begins

Feb 5, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_10d98e41778e1e7f2021-02-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a6e98119fcfc2f2c2021-02-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_aa2df12c61e3af5f2021-02-05Candidate
Montana State AGbd_ef9604bdadc4fe712021-02-05Verified

Name: Syracuse University
norm: syracuse university

Name: Syracuse University
norm: syracuse university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2020 – Sep 28, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured the account
Launched an investigation with assistance from a cybersecurity firm
Offered a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional data security measures to enhance the security of our network
Hiring additional resources for cybersecurity training
Providing additional training on cybersecurity and phishing for all of our employees with access to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

Maine State AGFeb 5 · first

Montana State AGFeb 5 · first

California State AGFeb 5 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-537804
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2021
Raw hash: 0473dff314f1ec4084947dbe9d6b1c27e5c6855b43f11710780f7c6d109c4f11

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySyracuse University

Victim entitySyracuse University

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov