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Stanford University

bd_11bc84875db1df6c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 23, 2021

Filed

May 28, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Stanford University8 incidents on file

Stanford University School of Medicine notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 28, 2021, of a security incident involving its third-party file-sharing service, Accellion FTA. Suspicious activity was detected on January 21, 2021. On April 23, 2021, Stanford discovered that data for 4 New Hampshire residents was exfiltrated and made available online. Stanford notified the FBI, took the system offline, and is offering credit monitoring services.

Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 21, 2021

Begins

Apr 23, 2021

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 28d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGMay 28 · first
HHS OCRMay 28 · first
Indiana State AGMay 28 · first
New Hampshire State AGMay 28 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing May 28 (ME), last Jun 25 (MT) — a 28-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.