Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2017

Filed

Feb 21, 2017

To disclose

29 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for BENTLEY UNIVERSITY →

Bentley University notified the NH Attorney General that a targeted phishing email led to the compromise of employee login credentials. Attackers accessed Workday accounts to view bank account numbers, routing information, and Social Security numbers. Three New Hampshire residents were affected. The university retained forensic investigators, notified affected individuals, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jan 23, 2017

Discovered

Feb 21, 2017

Filed

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6 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_a143befabe647e8f2017-02-21Verified

Name: BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
norm: bentley university
Domain: bentley.edu

Name: BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
norm: bentley university
Domain: bentley.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Immediately began an investigation to determine the scope of the incident
Retained a third party forensics investigator
Provided written notification via U.S. Mail to affected individuals
Providing affected individuals with two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance its process regarding direct deposit changes
Continues to reeducate its employees regarding phishing emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 21 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

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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/bentley-university-20170221.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2017
Raw hash: 0451ae88a17ac504691b0afad50560623dca1042498a552f1c94a553fd18a707

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBENTLEY UNIVERSITY

Victim entityBENTLEY UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2017

Stated responseImmediately began an investigation to determine the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov