HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsTargetedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

THE UCLA FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 18, 2017

Filed

Jul 31, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

27state residents only

Confidence

67%

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UCLA reported a cyberattack on a Summer Sessions server in May 2017. The incident potentially exposed student PII including SSNs, DOBs, and medical info. 27 NH residents were affected. UCLA notified residents and offered 12 months of identity protection. Forensic analysis did not confirm data acquisition, but possibility could not be ruled out.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

May 18, 2017

Discovered

Jul 31, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed27 affectedView incident

Name: THE UCLA FOUNDATION
norm: the ucla

Name: THE UCLA FOUNDATION
norm: the ucla
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 18, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2017
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began providing notification to potentially affected individuals by U.S. Mail
Offering eligible individuals 12 months of identity protection services at no cost
Made modifications to the server to help protect against another cyberattack
Continued to work diligently to strengthen the security of our systems
Changes made: Made modifications to the server to help protect against another cyberattack
Strengthen the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ucla-20170731.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2017
Raw hash: d3706cfb3da89f1f2dfcd097e1d061db077f36b25d270f49f08192e33cb7bc58

Reporting entityTHE UCLA FOUNDATION

Victim entityTHE UCLA FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered May 18, 2017

Stated responseBegan providing notification to potentially affected individuals by U.S. Mail

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov