AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumResolved

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2013

Filed

Apr 11, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY →5 incidents on file

Chapman University discovered on February 27, 2013, that electronic documents containing personal information (names, SSNs, student IDs, DOBs) could have been viewed by authenticated users of the university system due to a vulnerability found during standard security testing. The documents were immediately blocked. No evidence of unauthorized access exists. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 27, 2013 → Notified Apr 12, 201344d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Feb 27, 2013

Begins

Feb 27, 2013

Discovered

Apr 11, 2013

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_121b02f6a907afa02013-04-11Verified

Name: CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
norm: chapman university

Name: CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
norm: chapman university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2013
Breach occurred: Feb 27, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General

During the incident: Documents were immediately blocked from access by unauthorized users
Corrected access privileges to these documents immediately after the discovery
Arranged for identity monitoring within the United States for 12 months at no cost to you
Provided toll-free number for assistance with concerns or questions
Changes made: Enhancing our security-protocol training
Implementing additional software-related safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 44d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 27, 2013
→ Notified: Apr 12, 2013
44d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 27, 2013 → Notified: Apr 12, 2013	44d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 11 · first

California State AGApr 11 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41041
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2013
Raw hash: f85d5a796828b5639362f1087b3ed698ac3e49d0ff69a95905c1a54f3da08ae4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

Victim entityCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2013

Stated responseDocuments were immediately blocked from access by unauthorized users

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov