AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 14, 2012

Filed

Dec 18, 2012

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES →

Western University of Health Sciences notified the NH AG on Dec 18, 2012, of a misconfiguration in its BanWeb student portal. On Nov 14, 2012, the university discovered that Federal Work Study reports containing names, SSNs, and bank account info were potentially accessible to users with valid credentials. One NH resident was affected. No unauthorized access was confirmed. The university reset security settings and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Nov 14, 2012

Discovered

Dec 18, 2012

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_44be34972f3e1fbd2012-12-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ce8b6749157597ea2012-12-19 · +1dVerified

Name: WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
norm: western university of health sciences

Name: WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
norm: western university of health sciences
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 14, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 18, 2012
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled access to the reports
Began an investigation
Changed the security settings on all financial aid reports on BanWeb
Reviewing the reports to determine whether they can be removed from BanWeb
Evaluating whether additional safeguards should be implemented
Offering those eligible a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Providing call center support for those affected
Changes made: Changed the security settings on all financial aid reports on BanWeb
Reviewing the reports to determine whether they can be removed from BanWeb
Evaluating whether additional safeguards should be implemented
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGDec 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/western-university-health-20121218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2012
Raw hash: 4e9a1d9ee930d378b76a9e165a3a3a1a53731f5e965ab9db2b3b0e03ae5f822b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Victim entityWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Incidentdiscovered Nov 14, 2012

Stated responseDisabled access to the reports

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov