Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsEducationMediumContained

Pacific Lutheran University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 26, 2017

Filed

Apr 18, 2017

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pacific Lutheran University →3 incidents on file

Pacific Lutheran University notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where staff/student credentials were harvested. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 23–Feb 22, 2017. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial info. PLU engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and provided 1 year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Jan 23, 2017

Begins

Jan 26, 2017

Discovered

Apr 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_a4c6dc18ca10f4852017-04-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9899cc08e915cb12017-04-18Verified

Name: Pacific Lutheran University
norm: pacific lutheran university

Name: Pacific Lutheran University
norm: pacific lutheran university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 23, 2017 – Feb 22, 2017
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsEducation
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the FBInotifying certain government regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Began working with an outside computer forensics expert
Reported this incident to the FBI
Notifying certain government regulators
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Enhance data security protections to prevent similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 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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Washington State AGApr 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 18 · first

Montana State AGApr 18 · first · this page

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/Pacific-Lutheran-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2017
Raw hash: 3faa8d106eebf25425d4fa7db281bba0c1c46076e8e194f920047300236fc4a7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Lutheran University

Victim entityPacific Lutheran University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov