HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricPIICriticalContained

East Valley Institute of Technology

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jan 9, 2024

Filed

Aug 9, 2024

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected · nationwide

208,71727 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for East Valley Institute of Technology →

East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) disclosed a cyber incident on January 9, 2024, involving unauthorized network access affecting 208,717 individuals. Compromised data included SSNs, driver's licenses, financial aid info, health records, and biometric data. EVIT engaged forensic reviewers, locked down VPNs, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of identity protection services. Investigation concluded June 4, 2024.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 213 days

Jan 9, 2024

Begins

Jan 9, 2024

Discovered

Aug 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3586ead69bb871ed2024-08-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e5fd89e4efa02ce92024-08-13 · +4dVerified

Name: East Valley Institute of Technology
norm: east valley institute of
Domain: evit.edu

Name: East Valley Institute of Technology
norm: east valley institute of
Domain: evit.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 208,717state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to appropriate authoritiesReported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a third party to conduct a thorough review of all potentially impacted files
Reported the incident to the three largest nationwide consumer reporting agencies and appropriate authorities
Locked down VPN Access
Deployed EDR software
Has 24x7 monitoring for the incident
Revoked privileged user access
Changed all service account passwords
Changed all user passwords
Revoked domain trust
Performed domain cleanup
Rebuilt or replaced nineteen virtual servers
Engaged a third party specializing in network security to help EVIT with adding these and other computer security protections and protocols to harden its network infrastructure
Provided email notification to all current and former students, staff, faculty, and parents with email addresses on file with EVIT
Posted alternative website notice for impacted individuals online
Sent individual notice to anyone identified as potentially impacted by the breach
Changes made: Engaged a third party specializing in network security to help EVIT with adding these and other computer security protections and protocols to harden its network infrastructure
Offered 12 months of CyberScan monitoring
Offered a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered fully managed id theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(213 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+4d

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-1580.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2024
Raw hash: e6212c629123c1f36d057bddaf77247e4a938192602d378f8e85e4dc42becbdb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast Valley Institute of Technology

Victim entityEast Valley Institute of Technology

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a third party to conduct a thorough review of all potentially impacted files

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov