HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 20, 2021

Filed

Feb 17, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of Alabama in Huntsville →

University of Alabama in Huntsville notified Montana residents that an unauthorized third party accessed a UAH email account around April 17, 2017, forwarding emails containing names and SSNs. The incident was discovered on January 20, 2021. UAH removed the forward rule, implemented security reviews, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1374 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Apr 17, 2017

Begins

Jan 20, 2021

Discovered

Feb 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: University of Alabama in Huntsville
norm: university of alabama in huntsville

Name: University of Alabama in Huntsville
norm: university of alabama in huntsville
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 17, 2017
Undetected for: 1,374 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed the unauthorized forward rule from the affected account
Implemented security review procedures
Took preventive measures to protect the security of sensitive information stored on all systems and machines
Offered one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services
Changes made: Implemented security review procedures
Took preventive measures to protect the security of sensitive information stored on all systems and machines
Constantly reviews and updates the comprehensive plan to secure sensitive information
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.

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/uahSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2021
Raw hash: 3fcca2d6fc373637c01209421fec4fdd5070ccf023b5988c148f59006750837b

Reporting entityUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville

Victim entityUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2021

Stated responseRemoved the unauthorized forward rule from the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov