PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

Nova Southeastern University

bd_14fcd2e68be4c218 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 2, 2017

Filed

May 1, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Nova Southeastern University →6 incidents on file

Nova Southeastern University reported the theft of two unencrypted portable hard drives containing patient names, provider names, and lab results. The drives were stolen from an employee on February 28, 2017, and discovered missing on March 2, 2017. No SSNs or financial data were on the drives. Investigation ongoing; drives not located.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Feb 28, 2017

Begins

Mar 2, 2017

Discovered

May 1, 2017

Filed

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on median

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8b400e23f91a09532017-05-01Verified
HHS OCRbd_d307554af1aa0d432017-05-02 · +1dVerified

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Began a search for the hard drives
Conducted a thorough investigation
Reinforcing with our staff education on our privacy policies in the handling of patient information, and in the use of portable hard drives
Changes made: Reinforcing with our staff education on our privacy policies in the handling of patient information, and in the use of portable hard drives
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 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 · 2 states

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Montana State AGMay 1 · first

Montana State AGMay 1 · first · this page

HHS OCR+1d

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/Nova-Southeastern-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 1, 2017
Raw hash: 7b0ac4514f947556357f14d25c79e9adafa3f241a15eb4fe33421c9824185e28

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNova Southeastern University

Victim entityNova Southeastern University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2017

Stated responseBegan a search for the hard drives

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov