HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

BYU-Pathway

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2025

Filed

Jul 14, 2025

To disclose

20 days

Affected

826state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for BYU-Pathway →

BYU-Pathway Worldwide reported a data breach affecting Washington residents where a vendor's account was compromised, exposing student PII including SSNs and educational records. The incident occurred June 17-24, 2025. 826 Washington residents were notified. Response included engaging forensic experts and offering credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d20 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Jun 17, 2025

Begins

Jun 24, 2025

Discovered

Jul 14, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_25f637a3dd569afe2025-07-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3269f8329e9ed7682025-07-14Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_e42b1525a188dad82025-07-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_6da270133e0e60072025-07-18 · +4dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

California State AGbd_f3bcc3c9c70344872025-07-18 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a0434159e13d42682025-07-21 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b71b8ff0743a4a52025-07-22 · +8dVerified
Texas State AGbd_db8c1de2569f654d2025-07-22 · +8dVerified

Name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
norm: the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints
Domain: byupathway.edu

Name: BYU-Pathway
norm: byu pathway
Domain: byupathway.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2025 – Jun 24, 2025
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2025
Affected individuals: 826state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthStudent ID number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified state attorneys general, credit reporting agencies, or other regulatory authorities where legally required
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Removed the vendor’s access to any personal information
Notified federal law enforcement authorities in the United States
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Initiated our incident response procedures
Actively working with external cybersecurity experts, federal law enforcement authorities, our legal team, and other leading cybersecurity professionals
Offering complimentary credit monitoring
Changes made: Further enhance the security of BYU-Pathway’s data and IT systems, including vendor access
Security measures have been reemphasized to protect against similar breaches in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Montana State AGJul 14 · first

Indiana State AGJul 14 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 14 · first

Washington State AGJul 14 · first · this page

Maine State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Texas State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (MT), last Jul 22 (TX) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33991.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 14, 2025
Raw hash: 95fb629510ce65ec753325262d0dca44227dd71037efbd8dcb112ded3688c44b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Victim entityBYU-Pathway

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2025

Stated responseRemoved the vendor’s access to any personal information

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com