PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHICriticalContained

Washington State University

bd_3150481dda6620ee · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

Jun 8, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,100,000769,088 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Washington State University →4 incidents on file

Washington State University reported the theft of a locked safe containing an unencrypted hard drive with backed-up files from the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center. The drive held PII (names, addresses, SSNs) for ~1.1M individuals and PHI for ~666. Discovered April 21, 2017. Notifications sent June 9, 2017. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Apr 21, 2017

Discovered

Jun 8, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_132ad94645a603f12017-06-09 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5e2aa4710835d8a72017-06-09 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6da427d5a38a2db02017-06-09 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c5fe9f30f1d5bf9a2017-06-09 · +1dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_e1b79e33bbbba8a12017-06-09 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_a50278d8cbb68ba32017-06-12 · +4dVerified

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,100,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Initiated an internal review
Notified local law enforcement
Retained a leading computer forensics firm to assist in the investigation
Providing written notification by U.S. Mail
Offering the potentially affected individuals a free one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian
Changes made: Strengthening its information technology operations by completing a comprehensive assessment of IT practices and policies
Improving training and awareness for university employees regarding best practices for handling data
Employing best practices for the delivery of IT services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGJun 8 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

South Carolina 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9712.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 8, 2017
Raw hash: ef0cb3abe59f8f3169ff35b7830c20d7c14422c7ff41a866b7bdb13f54452f20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State University

Victim entityWashington State University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal review

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com