HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedEducationFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Dordt University

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 28, 2024

Filed

Jul 11, 2025

To disclose

14 months

Affected

3,711state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Dordt University →

Dordt University reported unauthorized network access between April 21 and May 16, 2024, discovered on May 28, 2024. 3,711 Washington residents affected. Data included names and government IDs. No evidence of misuse. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d14 months 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 · 37 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 409 days

Apr 21, 2024

Begins

May 28, 2024

Discovered

Jul 11, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim was first seen 393 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_93399854efddfd772024-05-16 · +421dVerified

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2abad22a3c9615302025-07-11Verified
Iowa State AGbd_3653c200fae093ee2025-07-11Verified
Vermont State AGbd_6f18f3025e517d282025-07-11Verified
California State AGbd_71bbecd3bb9d96242025-07-11Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

Maine State AGbd_a4a7861df82a09662025-07-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_b741ab122940b3dd2025-07-11Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_c55fef997b0eabee2025-07-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e69c5f9dec9100652025-07-12 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_a8141d28b381978b2025-07-15 · +4dVerified

Name: Dordt University
norm: dordt university
Domain: dordt.edu

Name: Dordt University
norm: dordt university
Domain: dordt.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 28, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2024 – May 16, 2024
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,711state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthStudent ID numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to remediate the incident
Commenced a thorough investigation
Working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering a complimentary month membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(409 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >180d
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGJul 11 · first

Iowa State AGJul 11 · first

Vermont State AGJul 11 · first

California State AGJul 11 · first

Maine State AGJul 11 · first

Montana State AGJul 11 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 11 · first

Washington State AGJul 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+4d

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/BreachA33975.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 11, 2025
Raw hash: cecb2ecd0c4086b49c7f48b1de2cd6ef5e765def2ae632d7a52d5bfe31d8cc8f

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDordt University

Victim entityDordt University

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to remediate the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com