Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

McNeese State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 4, 2019

Filed

Jul 3, 2019

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for McNeese State University →

McNeese State University notified Montana residents of a security incident involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts. The breach, occurring between Sept 2018 and Feb 2019, exposed names and Social Security numbers. The university engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured accounts, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 276 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Jun 4, 2019

Discovered

Jul 3, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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_325c3e0bc2bd4ad22019-07-03Verified

Name: McNeese State University
norm: mcneese state university

Name: McNeese State University
norm: mcneese state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018 – Feb 22, 2019
Undetected for: 276 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 3, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Launched an investigation with assistance from a cybersecurity firm
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures
Providing additional data security training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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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Massachusetts State AGJul 3 · first

Montana State AGJul 3 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-15.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 3, 2019
Raw hash: f2f95b9679fc81d6caac0bc4dcea60ef43689b3a8a299d7bbaf41d64c77d3b8c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcNeese State University

Victim entityMcNeese State University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov