HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

University of California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2015

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of California →2 incidents on file

On December 28, 2015, an unauthorized party exploited a security flaw in the University of California, Berkeley's financial system, gaining access to personal information including names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers. The university detected the incident on December 29, 2015, contained the breach by removing affected servers, and notified the FBI. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Dec 28, 2015

Begins

Dec 29, 2015

Discovered

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

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

Name: University of California
norm: university of california
Domain: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu

Name: University of California
norm: university of california
Domain: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 28, 2015
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the California Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified law enforcement, including the FBI
Removed all potentially impacted servers from the network
Retained a computer investigation firm to assist with the investigation
Providing a free year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through ID Experts
Changes made: Continued to expand and strengthen efforts to protect University systems and servers from unauthorized access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60237
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2016
Raw hash: 0309decf8e3f125cb7f76e0f53494eba76d1260910eea9562915c8de8deb6651

Reporting entityUniversity of California

Victim entityUniversity of California

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2015

Stated responseNotified law enforcement, including the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov