HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Health (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

University of Alaska

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Jun 10, 2019

To disclose

16 months

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of Alaska →4 incidents on file

University of Alaska System notified New Hampshire AG of unauthorized access to email accounts between Jan 31 and Feb 15, 2018. Incident discovered in Feb 2018. 14 NH residents affected. Data exposed included SSNs, financial account numbers, names, DOBs, and health info. UA engaged forensic experts, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 494 days

Jan 31, 2018

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Jun 10, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_a9439f303ac59e0c2019-06-05 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_f309b3d26eb89a192019-06-05 · +5dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: University of Alaska
norm: university of alaska
Domain: alaska.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2018 – Feb 15, 2018
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the U.S. Department of Educationreported to other applicable state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Terminated unauthorized access
Initiated an investigation
Began working with third-party forensic experts
Upgraded security protocols for password changes
Expanded the investigation to include a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of the affected email accounts
Provided written notice to potentially affected individuals
Issued a nationwide press release
Posted notice of the data event on its website
Enhanced the security of the password reset manager
Implemented password changes for those users whose accounts are known to be affected
Offered access to one year of complimentary credit and identity monitoring services through Trans Union
Changes made: Evaluate additional safeguards
Review policies and procedures in order to protect the security of its data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(494 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJun 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 5 (MT), last Jun 10 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/university-alaska-system-20190610.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2019
Raw hash: a5853be8863ce6fdcef5cce006045281da67b4b5d37b9a1c7691162539616923

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityUniversity of Alaska

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseTerminated unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov