Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Nova Southeastern University

bd_09f836d5bb79c95b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 12, 2018

Filed

Jan 25, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Nova Southeastern University →6 incidents on file

Nova Southeastern University notified affected individuals that an unauthorized person gained access to an email account beginning in September 2018. The breach was discovered on December 12, 2018. Information potentially compromised included names and dates of birth. NSU engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 102 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Dec 12, 2018

Discovered

Jan 25, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7bab653e7486f3e72019-01-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018
Undetected for: 102 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2019
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Hired a third party forensic firm to assist us
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhancing this email account’s security, including implementing multi-factor authentication on all external access to this email account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Nova-Southeastern-University-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2019
Raw hash: 2ed31e45eba2de84e28f3ba6cebb2ad589120c0b6fe7ecab78161da8b3ba8340

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNova Southeastern University

Victim entityNova Southeastern University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2018

Stated responseHired a third party forensic firm to assist us

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov