HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Texas Wesleyan University

bd_0e17c2357de3c997 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

Nov 20, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

5 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Texas Wesleyan University →

Texas Wesleyan University notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on October 6, 2023. Unauthorized access to systems resulted in potential exposure of PII, including SSNs and driver's licenses. The university engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, and enhanced security controls. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Oct 6, 2023

Begins

Oct 6, 2023

Discovered

Nov 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_e514341c78236cc62023-11-25 · +6dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d12ddf10fe3107b82024-01-30 · +71dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_74a5812548adb5ed2024-02-12 · +84dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_0f5d664addff81e32024-07-29 · +252dVerified

Name: Texas Wesleyan University
norm: texas wesleyan university
Domain: txwes.edu

Name: Texas Wesleyan University
norm: texas wesleyan university
Domain: txwes.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm and IT personnel to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Implemented an organization-wide credential reset of all community users
Increasing the minimum password length to 14 characters
Hardening firewall rules to strict explicit assignments for all inbound and outbound internet traffic
Adding WAF (Web Application Firewall) and secure DNS/DDOS protection
Working toward ensuring multi-factor authentication for all external access to web services
Adding additional security tools, including SentinelOne and Huntress
Changes made: Implemented an organization-wide credential reset of all community users
Increasing the minimum password length to 14 characters
Hardening firewall rules to strict explicit assignments for all inbound and outbound internet traffic
Adding WAF (Web Application Firewall) and secure DNS/DDOS protection
Working toward ensuring multi-factor authentication for all external access to web services
Adding additional security tools, including SentinelOne and Huntress
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+71d

New Hampshire State AG+84d

Maine State AG+252d

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (MT), last Jul 29 (ME) — a 252-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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-873.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2023
Raw hash: cf282287b7655cbc3ead1140065171ad24d8f11dcf74502e278129e924ad2bcf

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Wesleyan University

Victim entityTexas Wesleyan University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov