HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Northern Arizona University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 7, 2022

Filed

Apr 5, 2023

To disclose

14 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northern Arizona University →2 incidents on file

Northern Arizona University notified consumers of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Feb 7-8, 2022, discovered on Feb 7, 2022. The incident potentially exposed names and other personal information. NAU engaged third-party forensic specialists, reviewed account contents, and is offering credit monitoring. No misuse of information was confirmed.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 months / 422 days

Feb 7, 2022

Begins

Feb 7, 2022

Discovered

Apr 5, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+52 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_56323daf5b34438d2023-04-05Candidate

Name: Northern Arizona University
norm: northern arizona university

Name: Northern Arizona University
norm: northern arizona university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2022 – Feb 8, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to impacted individuals and pertinent state and/or federal regulators

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Conducted investigation by third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a diligent and comprehensive review of the entire contents of the impacted email accounts
Providing notice of this incident to impacted individuals and pertinent state and/or federal regulators
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: All policies and procedures are being reviewed and enhanced where possible
Additional safeguards are being implemented
Workforce training is being conducted to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(422 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 5 · first

Vermont State AGApr 5 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-04-05-northern-arizona-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 5, 2023
Raw hash: f024227dfff8a8bd89c81a7bf4952f642ee7d9810ae5a9211ac82a8772c82f6e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthern Arizona University

Victim entityNorthern Arizona University

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2022

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov