HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

New York University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 22, 2025

Filed

Jun 9, 2025

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

11,560state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for New York University →2 incidents on file

New York University reported a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed its network and exfiltrated files containing names and Social Security numbers of 11,560 Washington residents. The unauthorized access occurred between October 20, 2024, and March 21, 2025. NYU discovered the incident on March 22, 2025, and mailed notifications on June 9, 2025. The university offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 153 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Oct 20, 2024

Begins

Mar 22, 2025

Discovered

Jun 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_00c72d90a03aba1c2025-06-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_674421756d9535652025-06-09Verified
California State AGbd_92f7aa46daf295c82025-06-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_ab260bd3e82b4dd22025-06-09Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Texas State AGbd_b0c57e55c6e303e42025-06-10 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_f77f5a5bbf5e05c32025-06-01 · +8dVerified

Name: New York University
norm: new york university

Name: New York University
norm: new york university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2024 – Mar 21, 2025
Undetected for: 153 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2025
Affected individuals: 11,560state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took measures to secure its information technology (“IT”) network
Launched an investigation
Reviewed the files
Mailed notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Identity Defense
Established a dedicated toll-free call center
Changes made: Continue to implement additional measures to enhance the security of its IT network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJun 1 · first

Nebraska State AG+8d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

California State AG+8d

Oregon State AG+8d

Washington State AG+8d · this page

Texas State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jun 1 (IL), last Jun 10 (TX) — a 9-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33546.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2025
Raw hash: 2df1a0e053b41c1b1c1a8097e5748fde498dafcfcdd87d1eb7f2315c80b8dc8a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNew York University

Victim entityNew York University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2025

Stated responseTook measures to secure its information technology (“IT”) network

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com