HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsHighContained

Trident University International

bd_2c721caeca9269c4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 29, 2011

Filed

Feb 21, 2012

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

81,000240 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Trident University International →

Trident University notified the NH AG of an unsuccessful attempt to access a database containing usernames, passwords, names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs for ~81,000 student accounts. Detected Nov 29, 2011. No evidence of successful access. Notifications sent Feb 22, 2012. Remediation included forensic review, firewall implementation, and credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Nov 29, 2011

Discovered

Feb 21, 2012

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_4b1ed73dbdca87882012-02-21Verified
California State AGbd_cc79412c43f58bda2012-02-22 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_749acc9375f6e8c12012-02-24 · +3dVerified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Trident University International
norm: trident university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2012
Affected individuals: 81,000state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Permanently removed the database from the network
Engaged an external forensic team to assess the nature of the incident
Implemented a new firewall as a complement to its existing firewalls
Offering one year of free credit monitoring through TransUnion
Changes made: Working towards masking the Social Security numbers stored in students' accounts
Conducted a comprehensive internal review of our systems and procedures to further secure our network and individual systems against emerging malware threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Hawaii State AGFeb 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 21 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/trident-university-20120222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2012
Raw hash: ce46449c9ab9568acde5ae56500e8cefe0cb374132f34e19b22bdca3ceb8c3d5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityTrident University International

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2011

Stated responsePermanently removed the database from the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov