HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Valdosta State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 28, 2024

Filed

May 6, 2025

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Valdosta State University →3 incidents on file

Valdosta State University notified the Idaho AG of a network intrusion on Dec 28, 2024. The breach impacted assessment records from 2003-2005 containing names and SSNs. VSU expelled the intruder, engaged forensic analysis, and implemented security monitoring and training. Notices to Idaho residents were mailed in May 2025.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8032 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 129 days

Jan 1, 2003

Begins

Dec 28, 2024

Discovered

May 6, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Valdosta State University
norm: valdosta state university

Name: Valdosta State University
norm: valdosta state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 28, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2005
Undetected for: 8,032 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 13, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to expel the intruder
Analyzed the intrusion, identified affected systems
Additional security monitoring
Organizational security training
Began a lengthy investigation to determine which citizens may have been impacted
Changes made: Additional security monitoring
Organizational security training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(129 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/05/Valdosta-State-University-05.06.2025.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2025
Raw hash: 2e65e1fd4c48d49969f0f299dc855961c9d856d80ecc07f148a85eb66ea22a21

Reporting entityValdosta State University

Victim entityValdosta State University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to expel the intruder

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov