HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

San Francisco State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 11, 2013

Filed

Aug 20, 2013

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for San Francisco State University →

San Francisco State University notified individuals that its College of Extended Learning server was compromised on March 25, 2013. The university became aware of the incident on June 11, 2013, when notified by federal law enforcement. The unauthorized access potentially exposed names and Social Security numbers. The university offered two years of identity protection services through AllClear ID.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 11, 2013 → Notified Aug 12, 201362d ✗ CA 60-day late10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Mar 25, 2013

Begins

Jun 11, 2013

Discovered

Aug 20, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: San Francisco State University
norm: san francisco state university
Domain: sjsu.edu

Name: San Francisco State University
norm: san francisco state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 11, 2013
Breach occurred: Mar 25, 2013
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified by federal law enforcement

During the incident: Notified by federal law enforcement of a compromise
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for two years at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing and revising our procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Regularly assess and adapt our physical, administrative and technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 62d
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: Jun 11, 2013
→ Notified: Aug 12, 2013
62d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 11, 2013 → Notified: Aug 12, 2013	62d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-42524
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2013
Raw hash: 07349d7611afd9d95c463400abf610bd5da3edfbdcf0f8f23ba9e1cae86dd447

Reporting entitySan Francisco State University

Victim entitySan Francisco State University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 11, 2013

Stated responseNotified by federal law enforcement of a compromise

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov