HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Liberty University, Inc.

bd_495007431ad80673 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

Apr 29, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

7state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Liberty University, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Liberty University notified affected individuals of a third-party data breach involving its vendor, Athletic Trainer System (ATS). Unauthorized actors accessed student athlete records via compromised user accounts in Feb/Oct 2020. LU determined on March 29, 2024, that personal info may have been accessed. LU engaged investigators and offered 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1385 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Nov 17, 2023

Discovered

Apr 29, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7 affectedView incident

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Undetected for: 1,385 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: ATS reported this incident to law enforcement
Third party: via Athletic Trainer System
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Increased the complexity requirements for passwords
Implemented a two-factor authentication process
Review of ongoing third-party vendor relationships
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1315.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2023
Raw hash: 22bcd45fa116fbbd84db820489d17504a6879b6c3f0b9a01bb558d85e070e6fb

Reporting entityLiberty University, Inc.

Victim entityLiberty University, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov