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Nelson University

bd_2a41d405950cbea5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2025

Filed

Jun 23, 2026

To disclose

15 months

Affected

34state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Nelson University

Nelson University notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on June 23, 2026, of a ransomware incident affecting 34 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between March 21, 2025, and April 6, 2025. Personal information, including names, SSNs/TINs, and federal IDs, was potentially accessed. The university engaged forensic specialists, contained the threat, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days
discovery → filing · 15 months / 443 days

Mar 21, 2025

Begins

Apr 6, 2025

Discovered

Jun 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+55 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 8d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGJun 15 · first
Vermont State AGJun 15 · first
Indiana State AGJun 15 · first
California State AGJun 15 · first
Nebraska State AGJun 15 · first
New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (WA), last Jun 23 (NH) — 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.