HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIICriticalContained

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 1, 2019

Filed

Jun 11, 2019

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,265,00033,458 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Georgia Institute of Technology →

Georgia Institute of Technology disclosed a security incident where an unauthorized person accessed an internal database via a web server. Access occurred between Dec 14, 2018 and Mar 22, 2019. Data included names, addresses, Institute IDs, DOBs, and SSNs. 1.265 million individuals notified. Forensic firms engaged; credit monitoring offered.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due15 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 77 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Dec 14, 2018

Begins

Mar 1, 2019

Discovered

Jun 11, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_09e2725a2c1aa8822019-05-24 · +18dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_25a943fa8c699b802019-05-23 · +19dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5e308b1e230109a22019-05-22 · +20dCandidate
California State AGbd_61a2018aa0d12a4e2019-05-22 · +20dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 69d gap

Oregon State AGbd_69d11ad986ca01d32019-05-22 · +20dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e98ad894004145812019-05-22 · +20dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_8a1d9df1eb51d81f2019-08-13 · +63dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_adc4007cc1f5cd002019-08-19 · +69dVerified

Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
norm: georgia institute of
Domain: gatech.edu
Industry: education

Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
norm: georgia institute of
Domain: gatech.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 14, 2018 – Mar 22, 2019
Undetected for: 77 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,265,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The U.S. Department of Education was notified
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Implemented its incident response protocol
Took steps to secure the web server
Began an investigation
Engaged leading forensic firms to assist in the investigation
Offered complimentary one-year membership of ID Expert's MyIDCare
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGMay 22 · first

California State AGMay 22 · first

Oregon State AGMay 22 · first

Montana State AGMay 22 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+20d · this page

Delaware State AG+83d

New Hampshire State AG+89d

Pattern: first filing May 22 (WA), last Aug 19 (NH) — a 89-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2019/GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2019
Raw hash: cc1ed4b43cc8db34f1d77fae9b77aab778e9312335e4949e15a9bb99a9e3eaed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Institute of Technology

Victim entityGeorgia Institute of Technology

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2019

Stated responseImplemented its incident response protocol

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov