HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Liberty University, Inc.

bd_05b2744a3d41bef1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

Apr 29, 2024

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Liberty University, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Liberty University notified consumers of a data breach involving its third-party vendor, Athletic Trainer System (ATS). Unauthorized actors accessed two user accounts in Feb/Oct 2020. The incident impacted student-athlete records containing PII. LU engaged third-party investigators and offered one year of credit monitoring. The incident was disclosed in April 2024.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1385 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Nov 17, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Scope determined

Apr 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Part of Athletic Trainer System supply-chain incident (2024) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_147096295c4b363d2024-04-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_288b2256ef7018d62024-04-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_669715e26b2a82dc2024-04-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ab72f258f997c7f82024-05-06 · +7dVerified

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – Oct 1, 2020
Undetected for: 1,385 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 29, 2024
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Vendor ATS reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident
Assessed the scope of information potentially compromised
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Increased the complexity requirements for passwords
Implemented a two-factor authentication process
Review of ongoing third-party vendor relationships
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(164 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 29 · first

Indiana State AGApr 29 · first

Maine State AGApr 29 · first

Vermont State AGApr 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 29 (MA), last May 6 (NH) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-29-liberty-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2024
Raw hash: 0788364094cbf53dfb416df4081ce2fdebb264cb2b46be69c136eecf4619ab44

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLiberty University, Inc.

Victim entityLiberty University, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov