HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Drew University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2013

Filed

Nov 22, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Drew University →

Drew University notified the NH Attorney General of a data security event affecting 3 NH residents. On Oct 1, 2013, an employee reported their work email was hacked. Files containing names, DOBs, SSNs, and addresses were accessed. Drew changed credentials, engaged forensic experts, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Oct 1, 2013

Discovered

Nov 22, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9386f2f3d6d658672013-11-25 · +3dVerified

Name: Drew University
norm: drew university

Name: Drew University
norm: drew university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2013
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney Generalproviding written notice of this incident to other state regulatorsnotified the national consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the employee’s network login credentials
Launched an internal investigation
Retained specialized data security counsel
Hired independent, third-party computer forensics experts
Changes made: Implementing new measures for user account security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/drew-university-20131122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2013
Raw hash: b1f324e4694b6fb5de31856595cb26dc601275c5c1ff0f56c8856eee77c7b460

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDrew University

Victim entityDrew University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2013

Stated responseChanged the employee’s network login credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov