HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2021

Filed

Apr 12, 2021

To disclose

6 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for YESHIVA UNIVERSITY →4 incidents on file

Yeshiva University notified individuals of a data breach caused by a vulnerability in Accellion's File Transfer Appliance. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 21-23, 2020. Files containing names, SSNs, and financial account info were accessed. Yeshiva took the system offline and offered 1 year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 106 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Dec 21, 2020

Begins

Apr 6, 2021

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_247fd2280928f77a2021-04-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4194538bb1be615b2021-04-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e96f0c71b1036eca2021-04-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_f97b642bd0311ddd2021-04-12Candidate

Name: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
norm: yeshiva university

Name: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
norm: yeshiva university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 6, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2020 – Dec 23, 2020
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Discontinued use of the Accellion FTA
Launched an investigation
Permanently taken the Accellion FTA offline
Offering complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Permanently taken the Accellion FTA offline
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 12 · first

Indiana State AGApr 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · first

Maine State AGApr 12 · first

Montana State AGApr 12 · first · 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Yeshiva-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2021
Raw hash: ca3a04866a0ab94cb36a75b007058419f08a136736b4dcd808a5366beb04b3bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYESHIVA UNIVERSITY

Victim entityYESHIVA UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Apr 6, 2021

Stated responseDiscontinued use of the Accellion FTA

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov