HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

University of the Southwest

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2016

Filed

Apr 22, 2016

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for University of the Southwest →

University of the Southwest notified NH AG of a data security incident involving a third-party payroll vendor (Greenshades). Unauthorized access to employee W-2s occurred on or around Feb 2, 2016. One NH resident affected. Data included SSN, name, salary. USW changed credentials, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Feb 2, 2016

Discovered

Apr 22, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: University of the Southwest
norm: university of the southwest
Domain: usw.edu

Name: University of the Southwest
norm: university of the southwest
Domain: usw.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney Generalproviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed all credentials necessary to access employee information on the Greenshades portal
Launched an investigation, retaining third-party forensic investigators to assist
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing affected individuals with access to twelve (12) months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Changed and strengthened the credentials necessary to access the third-party vendor’s portal
Restricted access to it
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 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/university-southwest-20160422.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 22, 2016
Raw hash: c27c715f83a0b4e20c8c1bcedfe2bc5bff379aec067b17a1e388de911e4af052

Reporting entityUniversity of the Southwest

Victim entityUniversity of the Southwest

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2016

Stated responseChanged all credentials necessary to access employee information on the Greenshades portal

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov