Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EducationLowContained

Simpson University

bd_54e9b8db13f45bb1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 17, 2021

Filed

Jun 9, 2022

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Simpson University →

Simpson University notified affected individuals of a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between July 29, 2021, and September 17, 2021. The incident, likely caused by phishing, exposed names and education records. The university secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 265 days

Jul 29, 2021

Begins

Sep 17, 2021

Discovered

Jun 9, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0cc0ad856d2c76af2022-06-09Verified
California State AGbd_2d778ab30955bc952022-06-10 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_fb29498351cb1da52022-06-10 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_bed5fb70d42ab6302022-06-13 · +4dVerified

Name: Simpson University
norm: simpson university

Name: Simpson University
norm: simpson university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 29, 2021 – Sep 17, 2021
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Education
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email accounts
Began an internal investigation
Engaged a forensic security firm to further investigate and confirm the security of our email and computer systems
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhancing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(265 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJun 9 · first

Montana State AGJun 9 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-73.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2022
Raw hash: 92a7a13d4244b639918950a1474b8b09c3591f682aa6861b75ba50737c6b21b3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySimpson University

Victim entitySimpson University

Incidentdiscovered Sep 17, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov