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AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 15, 2012

Filed

May 11, 2012

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for University of North Carolina at Charlotte →

University of North Carolina at Charlotte disclosed that incorrect access settings exposed electronic data hosted by the University to the Internet. The exposure involved two issues: one affecting general University systems for approximately three months, and another affecting the College of Engineering systems for over a decade. Exposed data included names, addresses, social security numbers, and credit card information. The University stated it has no reason to believe the data was inappropriately accessed or used for identity theft. Notifications were sent on May 9, 2012.

California clockDiscovered Feb 15, 2012 → Notified May 9, 201284d ✗ CA 60-day late12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 86 days

Feb 15, 2012

Discovered

May 11, 2012

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AG+2d · this page

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.