Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Southern New Hampshire University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 16, 2017

Filed

Apr 3, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

42 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Southern New Hampshire University →6 incidents on file

Southern New Hampshire University notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident occurring Jan 6–Feb 15, 2017. Attackers used stolen employee credentials to access an internal system, potentially exposing PII (including SSNs) for 4 employees (2 NH residents). The University provided credit monitoring and notifications.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Jan 6, 2017

Begins

Jan 16, 2017

Discovered

Apr 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Name: Southern New Hampshire University
norm: southern new hampshire university

Name: Southern New Hampshire University
norm: southern new hampshire university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 16, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 6, 2017 – Feb 15, 2017
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided affected individuals with appropriate notification in accordance with New Hampshire RSA 359: C-20
Provided one year of complimentary credit monitoring to all affected employees
Changes made: Implemented significant safeguards to protect it
Continually evaluating and improving our data security posture
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/southern-nh-university-20170403.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 3, 2017
Raw hash: c3c364eb13efbcc2f98987b7b9aa31664e9cb05283a5aa43a4b25a3933cb8f42

Reporting entitySouthern New Hampshire University

Victim entitySouthern New Hampshire University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 16, 2017

Stated responseProvided affected individuals with appropriate notification in accordance with New Hampshire RSA 359: C-20

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov