HackingEducationHealthcareEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Stanford University

bd_59f18631ed31625b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 23, 2021

Filed

May 28, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Stanford University →8 incidents on file

Stanford University School of Medicine experienced an external system breach on January 21, 2021, which was discovered on April 23, 2021. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to individuals' names and Social Security numbers. In response, the university provided written notification to affected individuals on May 28, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft resolution services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 23, 2021 → Filed with AG May 28, 202135d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 21, 2021

Begins

Apr 23, 2021

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_11bc84875db1df6c2021-05-28Verified
HHS OCRbd_8d34a319af92bf622021-05-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b52e5916a5ebb51d2021-05-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_864ea378b9ce18422021-06-25 · +28dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_c50f2ea2afabfd492021-06-25 · +28dVerified

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu
Industry: EducationllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 21, 2021
Undetected for: 92 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of IDX credit monitoring and identity theft resolution services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 35d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 23, 2021
→ Filed with AG: May 28, 2021
35d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 23, 2021 → Filed with AG: May 28, 2021	35d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 28 · first

HHS OCRMay 28 · first

Indiana State AGMay 28 · first

Maine State AGMay 28 · first · this page

Montana State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing May 28 (NH), last Jun 25 (MT) — a 28-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/363ab772-7a2e-41d1-bff8-06ce9d7dffcd.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2021
Raw hash: 4e7d2740af39dd62579af20b10fe9979afd03f2e7d3f6eb00cceb14f2e637a85

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStanford University

Victim entityStanford University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 23, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov