Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Stanford University

bd_453b79b1c72ee426 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2016

Filed

Jun 16, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Stanford University →8 incidents on file

Stanford University notified the NH AG of a breach at third-party vendor Equifax's W2-Express system. Unauthorized access occurred likely starting late Jan/early 2016 using stolen SSNs/DOBs. Discovered April 4, 2016. Compromised data included names, SSNs, addresses, and W-2 info. 2 NH residents affected. FBI and IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Jan 15, 2016

Begins

Apr 4, 2016

Discovered

Jun 16, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_d27e492d8f9770222016-06-13 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2bb4b729d5d13ead2016-06-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2016
Breach occurred: Jan 15, 2016
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the FBI and the IRS for investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the on-line site
Reported the incident to the FBI and the IRS for investigation
Issued an alert about tax fraud to the Stanford Community
Emailed all Stanford employees to inform them of this matter
Issued an email communication to potentially affected individuals
Offering of 24 months of credit monitoring services
Changes made: Enhance our systems and practices to prevent similar occurrences in the future
Working closely with Equifax and law enforcement to investigate further and review our procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGJun 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 13 (CA), last Jun 20 (MA) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/stanford-university-20160616.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 16, 2016
Raw hash: d4728718830ebfe52fe24dd572c84af606aa49c157afecb13b6e105556bb07ed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStanford University

Victim entityStanford University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2016

Stated responseDisabled the on-line site

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov