HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Florida Memorial University

bd_499ff7c92eeaf903 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2024

Filed

Aug 5, 2024

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Florida Memorial University →

Florida Memorial University notified the NH AG of a March 9, 2024 network security incident where an unauthorized party gained access to systems. The university engaged forensic investigators and a data mining vendor. PII, including government IDs, was compromised. Affected individuals were offered credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

Mar 9, 2024

Discovered

Aug 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by inc_ransom about this victim predates this filing by 129 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinc_ransombd_0e666a56315ac0762024-03-28 · +130dVerified

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_409cedd7d536f37a2024-08-07 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6e2ddb6dcbe26e972024-07-29 · +7dVerified

Name: Florida Memorial University
norm: florida memorial university
Domain: fmu.edu

Name: Florida Memorial University
norm: florida memorial university
Domain: fmu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Shut off all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic incident response firm to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of unauthorized activity
Engaged a data mining vendor to identify any personally identifiable information that potentially compromised
Offered free credit monitoring
Changes made: Taken steps to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Vermont State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (IN), last Aug 7 (VT) — a 9-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/florida-memorial-university-20240805.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2024
Raw hash: 446ed78884d9904dad40e1f118b1aecea1da45f8d03dcb6bf23c713f13706a5e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlorida Memorial University

Victim entityFlorida Memorial University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2024

Stated responseShut off all access to the network

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov