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WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 5, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

3,773state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE →2 incidents on file

Worcester Polytechnic Institute reported a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. The breach was reported on 2024-11-05. 3,773 Massachusetts residents were affected.

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Massachusetts clock✓ MA credit monitoring due

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Nov 5, 2024

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1b0b67d59c1c7e342024-11-05Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5f93ce13f87be59a2024-11-05Verified
Vermont State AGbd_777c79b59ffc35952024-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_98eca8cd1736063d2024-11-05Verified

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Maine State AGbd_dd31a6bcb35db7c02024-11-05Verified

Name: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
norm: worcester polytechnic institute

Name: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
norm: worcester polytechnic institute
Industry: Educationregulator portal

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,773state-resident count only
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Stated not affected: Medical informationFinancial account numberDriver's licence numberPayment card number
The filing states these were not involved. Categories absent from both lists were not addressed either way.
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

Compliance flags: MA credit monitoring due
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGNov 5 · first

Indiana State AGNov 5 · first

Vermont State AGNov 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first · this page

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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://www.mass.gov/doc/data-breach-report-2024/download
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Filed at: Nov 5, 2024
Raw hash: 8cb664f9a0f99f09d018b4dd81a2cebd1a94a845243f9389e54ff457f9f0df63

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Victim entityWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

IncidentUnknown

ComplianceMA credit monitoring due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov