PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Brandeis University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 26, 2015

Filed

Nov 12, 2015

To disclose

17 days

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Brandeis University →3 incidents on file

Brandeis University notified students of a theft of two password-protected computers from the Registrar's office. The incident, discovered on October 26, 2015, potentially exposed student PII including names, addresses, SSNs, and DOBs. Brandeis engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Oct 20, 2015

Begins

Oct 26, 2015

Discovered

Nov 12, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Brandeis University
norm: brandeis university

Name: Brandeis University
norm: brandeis university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 26, 2015
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2015 – Oct 25, 2015
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2015
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Working very closely with third-party experts
Working with local law enforcement
Enrolling in a 12-month membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Ongoing project to centralize the management, backup, and encryption of all staff computers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Brandeis-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2015
Raw hash: a070807ec6f3a5972218f5f8adaeb6912a7e1ad370dabef7b869798b48115181

Reporting entityBrandeis University

Victim entityBrandeis University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 26, 2015

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov