HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Mercyhurst

bd_2798f9183e793b4e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 1, 2022

Filed

Nov 7, 2022

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Mercyhurst →3 incidents on file

Mercyhurst University notified affected individuals of a security incident involving unauthorized access to its network environment between January 16, 2022, and May 15, 2022. The university engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate. The incident potentially impacted personal information including names. The university offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d44 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

Jan 16, 2022

Begins

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit2 about this victim predates this filing by 175 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_02de813f70e35bcb2022-11-08 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_79e85f71216e59142022-11-08 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8a2bb63d4a67ee3a2022-11-08 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_91a4fff80d2bbfd92022-11-14 · +7dVerified

Name: Mercyhurst
norm: mercyhurst
Domain: mercyhurst.edu

Name: Mercyhurst
norm: mercyhurst
Domain: mercyhurst.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 16, 2022 – May 15, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Investigation, which was conducted with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the data at risk
Implemented additional safeguards
Review our policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Providing you with access to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards
Review our policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(310 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 14 (NH) — a 7-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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-695.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2022
Raw hash: 36094096b5cc1da7e0eb920f73160c50ecf8e9e359562207f89055a8786da918

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMercyhurst

Victim entityMercyhurst

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov