HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Nazareth University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

May 12, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Nazareth University →

Nazareth University notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident discovered March 12, 2025, involving unauthorized access to personal information including SSNs, names, addresses, and employment data. The incident likely occurred in September 2024. The university engaged forensic investigators and is offering 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 173 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Sep 20, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2025

Discovered

May 12, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_602281cf9d78c0c12025-05-12Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc76b3571ded10932025-05-12Verified

Name: Nazareth University
norm: nazareth university

Name: Nazareth University
norm: nazareth university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 12, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 20, 2024
Undetected for: 173 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged an outside forensics team to conduct a full investigation
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Reviewing user access to Nazareth’s environment
Modifying internal controls
Engaging in increased user training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGMay 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 12 · first

Vermont State AGMay 12 · 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/2025-05-12-nazareth-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: May 12, 2025
Raw hash: 71cd295083d5c851e8c7d14c43a2124da21cd430db43af10cc410de438e65f1d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNazareth University

Victim entityNazareth University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2025

Stated responseEngaged an outside forensics team to conduct a full investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov