HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

BYU-Pathway

bd_4b71b8ff0743a4a5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2025

Filed

Jul 22, 2025

To disclose

28 days

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BYU-Pathway →

BYU-Pathway Worldwide notified NH AG of a breach affecting 19 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred via a compromised vendor account on or about June 17, 2025. Data accessed included names, SSNs, and contact info. Vendor access was removed June 24, 2025. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jun 17, 2025

Begins

Jun 24, 2025

Discovered

Jul 22, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Texas State AGbd_db8c1de2569f654d2025-07-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a0434159e13d42682025-07-21 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6da270133e0e60072025-07-18 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_f3bcc3c9c70344872025-07-18 · +4dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Washington State AGbd_1fe33b05c99617d12025-07-14 · +8dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_25f637a3dd569afe2025-07-14 · +8dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3269f8329e9ed7682025-07-14 · +8dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_e42b1525a188dad82025-07-14 · +8dVerified

Name: Kirton McConkie
norm: kirton mcconkie
Domain: kirtonmcconkie.com

Name: BYU-Pathway
norm: byu pathway
Domain: byupathway.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2025
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2025
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified state attorneys general, credit reporting agencies, or other regulatory authorities where legally required
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Removed the vendor’s access to any personal information
Notified federal law enforcement authorities in the United States
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Initiated our incident response procedures
Offering complimentary credit monitoring
Changes made: Further enhance the security of BYU-Pathway’s data and IT systems, including vendor access
Security measures have been reemphasized to protect against similar breaches in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Washington State AGJul 14 · first

Montana State AGJul 14 · first

Indiana State AGJul 14 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 14 · first

Maine State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Texas State AG+8d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (WA), last Jul 22 (NH) — a 8-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/byu-pathway-worldwide-20250722.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 22, 2025
Raw hash: 70b284f543a8340e5416c39470f6b65aa158af4266b951d0589e5a81537a3502

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKirton McConkie

Victim entityBYU-Pathway

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2025

Stated responseRemoved the vendor’s access to any personal information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov