HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Gonzaga University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2015

Filed

Dec 18, 2015

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Gonzaga University →2 incidents on file

Gonzaga University notified Montana consumers of a breach involving a faculty member's laptop accessed by an unauthorized third party on August 30, 2015. Data potentially included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, addresses, and phone numbers. Forensic investigation found no conclusive evidence of data theft. Affected individuals received credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

Aug 30, 2015

Begins

Aug 30, 2015

Discovered

Dec 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Gonzaga University
norm: gonzaga university

Name: Gonzaga University
norm: gonzaga university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2015
Breach occurred: Aug 30, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2015
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Montana Office of Consumer Protection

During the incident: Secured the laptop immediately upon learning of the unauthorized access
Initiated a comprehensive forensic investigation of the laptop
Provided notice of this incident to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Gonzaga-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2015
Raw hash: 92515c3a37065682a8bb84ea8200bac639cb1076b2df5c0bd6e939e1577394d6

Reporting entityGonzaga University

Victim entityGonzaga University

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2015

Stated responseSecured the laptop immediately upon learning of the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov