HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCL0PData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedActor NamedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancialMediumContained

University System of Georgia

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Mar 28, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University System of Georgia →

University System of Georgia (USG) experienced a data breach due to a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Secure File Transfer platform. The cybercriminal group CL0P exploited this vulnerability starting May 28, 2023, gaining unauthorized access to files. USG detected the breach on May 31, 2023, and immediately blocked the software. Affected data includes Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, bank account numbers, and tax documents. USG is offering complimentary Experian IdentityWorks and Identity Restoration services to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d43 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 302 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Mar 28, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim was first seen 265 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_72e2f544722c205d2023-07-07 · +264dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_a72e0f79e01a59632024-03-28Verified by operator
Washington State AGCLOPbd_bb40387f4a8f96152024-03-29 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGCL0Pbd_a050588dda8888622024-04-01 · +4dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGCLOPbd_ff8f8d46c4b554352024-04-01 · +4dVerified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 40d gap

Indiana State AGbd_bda820409fadae882024-04-19 · +22dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a69a31c89d88dc892024-05-07 · +40dVerified by operator

Name: University System of Georgia
norm: university system of georgia
Domain: regents.usg.edu

Name: University System of Georgia
norm: university system of georgia
Domain: regents.usg.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· CL0P
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: CL0PExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately blocked MOVEit Transfer software upon detection of the breach
Fully updated and secured MOVEit software in accordance with guidance from Progress Software and CISA
Began a lengthy investigation to determine which individuals may have been impacted
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks
Providing Identity Restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Fully updated and secured MOVEit software in accordance with guidance from Progress Software and CISA
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(302 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGMar 28 · first

California State AGMar 28 · first · this page

Washington State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+22d

Maine State AG+40d

Pattern: first filing Mar 28 (OR), last May 7 (ME) — a 40-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-583212
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 28, 2024
Raw hash: 4a211c65cf68bd7dace87e631ef8bb599a1722fd504379f637817952e35b6aa6

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity System of Georgia

Victim entityUniversity System of Georgia

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseImmediately blocked MOVEit Transfer software upon detection of the breach

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov