AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDPIIMediumResolved

Bucknell University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 9, 2016

Filed

Jun 22, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bucknell University →3 incidents on file

Bucknell University notified the NH AG of a data event where SSNs of former students were accessible via a specific URL in a pre-med webspace since Feb 2009. Discovered May 9, 2016. No evidence of unauthorized access found, but access cannot be ruled out. One NH resident notified. Remediation included credit monitoring and policy review.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2654 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Feb 1, 2009

Begins

May 9, 2016

Discovered

Jun 22, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a82ef57011939fc2016-06-22Verified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Bucknell University
norm: bucknell university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 9, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2009
Undetected for: 2,654 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 22, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Moved the data to a secure location
Began an investigation
Providing those affected access to one (1) year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian at no charge to affected individuals
Reviewing its policies and procedures relating to data privacy
Taking steps to further educate its staff on appropriate storage of sensitive information
Deploying its scanning tool to ensure no information is placed on non-private webspaces
Changes made: Conducts regular Identity Finder scans consistent with best practices in information security
Taking steps to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
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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Massachusetts State AGJun 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 22 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bucknell-university-20160622.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2016
Raw hash: d2196d55361ad1bde26ea10e21878fed2c929933d24e685867ac26ca0b7717ed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityBucknell University

Incidentdiscovered May 9, 2016

Stated responseMoved the data to a secure location

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov