HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Nova Southeastern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 7, 2014

Filed

Nov 6, 2014

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Nova Southeastern University →6 incidents on file

Nova Southeastern University notified the NH Attorney General of a data breach involving former law students' PII (names, SSNs, DOB, etc.) accessed in Spring 2013. NSU confirmed unauthorized access on Oct 7, 2014, after data was found on PasteBin. One NH resident affected. NSU offered credit monitoring and enhanced security.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 585 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Mar 1, 2013

Begins

Oct 7, 2014

Discovered

Nov 6, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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_f2f0901c7dbb0db82014-11-10 · +4dVerified

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2014
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2013
Undetected for: 585 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2014
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Offering those eligible a free one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian
Established a dedicated call center to assist the former students with any questions
Implementing a new system and updating all security measures
Taking the server out of service
Changes made: Implementing a new system
Updating all security measures
Monitoring the new system closely to watch for any suspicious activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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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New Hampshire State AGNov 6 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/nova-southeastern-university-20141106.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2014
Raw hash: ae57ab859cb9c52a320845a9dac7759904846fe4ccad389128c803e456db93b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNova Southeastern University

Victim entityNova Southeastern University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2014

Stated responseOffering those eligible a free one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov