HackingEducationEducationMisconfigurationStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Michigan State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,6004 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Michigan State University →4 incidents on file

Michigan State University notified NH AG of a data breach affecting ~2,600 shoppers. Unauthorized access to shop.msu.edu via a misconfigured admin account allowed insertion of malicious code (Oct 2019–Jun 2020) exposing names, addresses, and credit card details (including CVV). 4 NH residents affected. MSU engaged law enforcement/FBI, remediated the vulnerability, and offered 2 years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d7 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 · 249 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Oct 19, 2019

Begins

Jun 24, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

A leak claim by netwalker about this victim predates this filing by 79 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ceb270c167dda8b2020-08-13 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_5f3230b4da9fe9912020-08-13 · +1dVerified

Name: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union
norm: michigan state university federal credit union
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Michigan State University
norm: michigan state university
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2019 – Jun 24, 2020
Undetected for: 249 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,600state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralCoordinating with local law enforcement and the FBI

During the incident: Took prompt action to correct the vulnerability that enabled the data to be exploited
Working with law enforcement on this matter
Performed a comprehensive forensic audit
Removed the malicious code
Reviewed the system to ensure it is now secure and operational
Changes made: Increasing education and training across the MSU community
Requiring advanced training for website administrators
Offering complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first

Montana State AGAug 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/michigan-state-university-20200814.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 608c1deabbbb6f87e327ca7cadb895f03dd08b01a500a796d779c332877d97fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union

Victim entityMichigan State University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2020

Stated responseTook prompt action to correct the vulnerability that enabled the data to be exploited

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov