HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 19, 2017

Filed

Jul 12, 2017

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY →2 incidents on file

Brigham Young University notified the NH Attorney General of a cyberattack where unauthorized actors accessed and downloaded scanned documents from a web server supporting expense reporting and vendor payments. The incident occurred between early June and June 19, 2017, and was discovered on June 19, 2017. Personal information, including names and Social Security Numbers, was potentially exposed. BYU engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and is providing 12 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Jun 1, 2017

Begins

Jun 19, 2017

Discovered

Jul 12, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 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_b5ba1ad9d5360c0a2017-07-12Verified

Name: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
norm: brigham young university
Domain: byu.edu
Industry: education

Name: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
norm: brigham young university
Domain: byu.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 19, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2017 – Jun 19, 2017
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 12, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Proactively taking the affected web server offline
Retaining highly-experienced IT security and forensic experts to assist us
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the incident
Thoroughly reviewed and confirmed the security of the affected web server and associated financial applications before restoring the server and applications to service
Changes made: Regularly review and enhance the BYU IT and cybersecurity systems and processes
Taking steps to notify each individual whose personal information was potentially affected
Engaged AllClear ID, Inc. to provide identity protection services for twelve (12) months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 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 AGJul 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 12 · first · this page

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/brigham-young-20170712.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2017
Raw hash: 4b3e59c5dc51483aded837d8a0dfe23b0b045ecd7cab5e7bb0db1e25d5cd9e61

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

Victim entityBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jun 19, 2017

Stated responseProactively taking the affected web server offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov