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Nelson University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2025

Filed

Jun 15, 2026

To disclose

15 months

Affected

92state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for Nelson University →

Nelson University notified Montana residents of a data security incident occurring between March 21, 2025, and April 6, 2025. Unauthorized actors accessed the network, potentially viewing files containing personal information, including Social Security numbers and names. The university engaged external cybersecurity professionals, secured systems, and offered complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days
discovery → filing · 15 months / 435 days

Mar 21, 2025

Begins

Apr 6, 2025

Discovered

Jun 15, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGJun 15 · first
Vermont State AGJun 15 · first
Indiana State AGJun 15 · first
California State AGJun 15 · first
Nebraska State AGJun 15 · first
Montana State AGJun 15 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (WA), last Jun 23 (NH) — 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.