HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

BYU-Pathway

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2025

Filed

Jul 14, 2025

To disclose

20 days

Affected

134state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BYU-Pathway →

BYU-Pathway Worldwide notified students of a data breach involving a vendor's compromised account. Unauthorized access occurred on or about June 17, 2025, and was detected on June 24, 2025. Affected data included names, SSNs, contact info, and educational records. The vendor's access was removed, law enforcement was notified, and credit monitoring is offered.

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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

Washington State AGbd_1fe33b05c99617d12025-07-14Candidate
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: BYU-Pathway
norm: byu pathway
Domain: byupathway.edu

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

Discovered: Jun 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2025
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 134state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: Social Security number
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: trusted_relationship

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
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: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Washington State AGJul 14 · first

Indiana State AGJul 14 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 14 · first

Montana 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 (WA), 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Consumer-notification-letter-29.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: 7bbedcf53f070029b0baa177ca141ab37196cd17f7ea9b024e159e03edbfbd02

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYU-Pathway

Victim entityBYU-Pathway

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2025

Stated responseRemoved the vendor’s access to any personal information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov