AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EducationLowContained

South Dakota State University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 11, 2024

Filed

Jan 24, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for South Dakota State University →3 incidents on file

South Dakota State University notified the Maryland AG of a data security breach affecting 2 Maryland residents. Files containing PII (names, DOB, address, student ID, emails, educational records) were mistakenly accessible due to an IT misconfiguration between Jan 1 and Dec 12, 2024. Discovery was Dec 11, 2024. SDSU blocked access, notified regulators and credit bureaus, and implemented enhanced security protocols and staff training.

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Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d6 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 · 345 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Jan 1, 2024

Begins

Dec 11, 2024

Discovered

Jan 24, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8aa0bc153035dbb52025-01-30 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_63a4259d7e194cc12025-01-06 · +18dCandidate
Nebraska State AGbd_9ce3287cff9cee5e2025-01-06 · +18dVerified

Name: South Dakota State University
norm: south dakota state university

Name: South Dakota State University
norm: south dakota state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 12, 2024
Undetected for: 345 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Education
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1074 Data Staged
Regulator citations: Notified the Department of EducationNotified the Attorney General and Consumer Protection offices of the states of residency

During the incident: Notified the Department of Education, the Attorney General and Consumer Protection offices of the states of residency of affected individuals
Notified the three primary credit reporting bureaus of this situation
Implemented additional security protocols to safeguard sensitive information stored in university data repositories
Conducting comprehensive training for faculty and staff
Performing regular audits of our data storage systems
Changes made: Implemented additional security protocols to safeguard sensitive information stored in university data repositories
Exploring additional technical options for detecting and preventing these types of incidents in the future
Conducting comprehensive training for faculty and staff to ensure they understand the importance of data security and how to protect personal information
Performing regular audits of our data storage systems to identify and address potential vulnerabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >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 · 4 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 6 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 6 · first

Maryland State AG+18d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+24d

Pattern: first filing Jan 6 (MA), last Jan 30 (MA) — a 24-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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376300.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2025
Raw hash: 814fe98f694109ef8c71363f1f9db56203c6c6be22ce426bf4e87b78c1c96eca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Dakota State University

Victim entitySouth Dakota State University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2024

Stated responseNotified the Department of Education, the Attorney General and Consumer Protection offices of the states of residency of affected individuals

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov