HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Northwest University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 20, 2018

Filed

Jun 29, 2018

To disclose

9 days

Affected

1,434state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Northwest University →2 incidents on file

Northwest University notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account on June 20, 2018. The incident affected 1,434 Washington residents, exposing names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and PHI. The attacker accessed the account via valid credentials. The university terminated access, engaged forensic vendors, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 days

Jun 20, 2018

Discovered

Jun 29, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ffda63bd92b2c792018-06-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_8483e3b3c78486292018-06-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_e9a7728e357423ce2018-06-29Verified

Name: Northwest University
norm: northwest university

Name: Northwest University
norm: northwest university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 29, 2018
Affected individuals: 1,434state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Medical informationSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Implemented technical safeguards to ensure that the attacker’s access was terminated
Retained a third-party forensics vendor to evaluate how the attack occurred
Terminated the attacker’s access to the employee’s e-mail account
Redoubled efforts to ensure the confidentiality of account access credentials
Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Established a call center for affected residents
Changes made: Redoubled efforts to ensure the confidentiality of account access credentials
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 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 · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 29 · first

Montana State AGJun 29 · first

Washington State AGJun 29 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9577.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2018
Raw hash: 97a99ca0ec1924a3218836362107983ccc577ddc36db4e99c76f8de57d46a790

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest University

Victim entityNorthwest University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2018

Stated responseImplemented technical safeguards to ensure that the attacker’s access was terminated

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com