PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Saginaw Valley State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 3, 2018

Filed

Jan 24, 2018

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Saginaw Valley State University →

Saginaw Valley State University notified the NH AG that a password-protected laptop containing a resident's name and SSN was stolen from an employee's residence on Nov 26, 2017. SVSU determined on Jan 3, 2018, that the laptop may have contained PII. No evidence of unauthorized access was found. One NH resident was notified on Jan 24, 2018, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 38 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Nov 26, 2017

Begins

Jan 3, 2018

Discovered

Jan 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Saginaw Valley State University
norm: saginaw valley state university

Name: Saginaw Valley State University
norm: saginaw valley state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 26, 2017
Undetected for: 38 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Police were promptly notified of the theft and a police report was filed
Provided the New Hampshire resident with written notice of this incident
Offering the resident a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Changes made: Implementation of new technical safeguards for portable devices to help prevent similar issues in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 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/saginaw-valley-20180124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2018
Raw hash: 79860a27832f19fbce5392b489f35b71931bf8e0f7005288b31d550b1331413b

Reporting entitySaginaw Valley State University

Victim entitySaginaw Valley State University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2018

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov