Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ashland University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 8, 2017

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

To disclose

16 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ashland University →

Ashland University notified the NH AG of a phishing incident on Feb 8, 2017, affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized access to W-2s containing SSNs and financial data occurred on Feb 3, 2017. The university engaged cybersecurity professionals, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 16 days

Feb 3, 2017

Begins

Feb 8, 2017

Discovered

Feb 24, 2017

Filed

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8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7e92589739edd9a32017-02-24Verified

Name: Ashland University
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Name: Ashland University
norm: ashland university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 8, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 3, 2017
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Engaged cybersecurity professionals to assist in the response
Took steps to prevent further unauthorized access to employee records
Changes made: Ongoing workforce training on privacy matters
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 days(16 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 24 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ashland-university-20170224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2017
Raw hash: e2c0d80ce99077e01e3615514553a4285046ef39ca23d1f85e0c5891fdbea3fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAshland University

Victim entityAshland University

Incidentdiscovered Feb 8, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov