PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MinorMediumContained

Washington State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

Jun 9, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Washington State University →4 incidents on file

Washington State University reported the theft of a locked safe containing a hard drive on April 21, 2017. The drive contained unencrypted personal information (names, addresses) of survey participants, including minors, from the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center. The university notified law enforcement, retained forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals. No evidence of data misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 21, 2017 → Notified Jun 9, 201749d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Apr 21, 2017

Begins

Apr 21, 2017

Discovered

Jun 9, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5e2aa4710835d8a72017-06-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6da427d5a38a2db02017-06-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_c5fe9f30f1d5bf9a2017-06-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_e1b79e33bbbba8a12017-06-09Verified

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Washington State AGbd_3150481dda6620ee2017-06-08 · +1dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_a50278d8cbb68ba32017-06-12 · +3dVerified

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Minor
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Initiated an internal review
Notified local law enforcement
Retained a leading computer forensics firm to assist in the investigation
Changes made: Completing a comprehensive assessment of IT practices and policies
Improving training and awareness for university employees regarding best practices for handling data
Employing best practices for the delivery of IT services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 49d
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: Apr 21, 2017
→ Notified: Jun 9, 2017
49d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 21, 2017 → Notified: Jun 9, 2017	49d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGJun 8 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/sb24-72496
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2017
Raw hash: a35c9afa642c72a88471d34d7fde5a227af55197c321a46b1658fe08ff473279

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State University

Victim entityWashington State University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal review

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov