HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Northcentral University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2022

Filed

Jul 15, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

66%

Northcentral University, part of the National University System, notified affected individuals in Montana of a data security incident discovered on May 26, 2022. Unauthorized access to a subset of student financial aid records exposed names, addresses, SSNs, and student IDs. The university engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

May 26, 2022

Discovered

Jul 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: National University System
norm: national university system

Name: Northcentral University
norm: northcentral university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 26, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading, independent digital forensics and incident response firm
Offering free identity monitoring and recovery services for 12 months through Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-400.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2022
Raw hash: e3d8845898d0a0d49ab85421015e0b2960a5fa327a1efee8d028afa3e7d6b93e

Reporting entityNational University System

Victim entityNorthcentral University

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a leading, independent digital forensics and incident response firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov