HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEducationHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 25, 2021

Filed

Apr 13, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

3,511state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION →2 incidents on file

University of Colorado notified Washington AG of a cyberattack on third-party vendor Accellion. Attackers exploited a software vulnerability to access files between Jan 6-25, 2021. 3,511 WA residents affected; data included names, DOBs, health insurance, medical info, and student IDs. Notification sent April 14, 2021.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Jan 6, 2021

Begins

Jan 25, 2021

Discovered

Apr 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,511 affectedView incident

Name: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
norm: university of colorado

Name: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
norm: university of colorado
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 6, 2021 – Jan 25, 2021
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2021
Affected individuals: 3,511state-resident count only
Data types: EducationHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameDate of birthStudent ID numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state and federal law enforcement
Third party: via Accellion
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shutdown the service upon receiving the notice
Worked with outside data security specialists to identify the specific type of information
Notified state and federal law enforcement
Hired third-party specialists in data forensics
Providing complimentary credit monitoring for one (1) year
Changes made: Providing complimentary credit monitoring for one (1) year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10447.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2021
Raw hash: 2a45b99c88f55ca66f8e7b96e36ebdb5b46216dc96be7146229592ef238d3679

Reporting entityUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION

Victim entityUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2021

Stated responseShutdown the service upon receiving the notice

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com