PhysicalEducationEducationLossCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Tuskegee University

bd_5bd647e5cfc9b659 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 16, 2025

Filed

Mar 13, 2026

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tuskegee University →2 incidents on file

Tuskegee University notified Massachusetts residents that documents containing personal information were dislodged from a document disposal vendor's transport vehicle on December 16, 2025. The university recovered the documents the same day. An investigation concluded on January 13, 2026, that the recipient's data was among those dislodged. The university is offering one year of complimentary identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Massachusetts clock⏱ MA AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Dec 16, 2025

Begins

Dec 16, 2025

Discovered

Mar 13, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3c59e85c92b4c8502026-02-13 · +28dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_d320d1b158d45ab22026-02-13 · +28dCandidate

Name: Tuskegee University
norm: tuskegee university
Domain: tuskegee.edu

Name: Tuskegee University
norm: tuskegee university
Domain: tuskegee.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 16, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 16, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 13, 2026
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Third party: via document disposal vendor

During the incident: Recovered all documentation shortly after the incident that same day
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external legal counsel experienced in handling these types of incidents
Conducted extensive investigation and manual review of the documents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Kroll for identity monitoring
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 13 · first

Massachusetts State AG+28d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 13 (IN), last Mar 13 (MA) — 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.mass.gov/doc/2026-383-tuskegee-university/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2026
Raw hash: 2d4278895f73960783032e8eb4ed19017f06f58dae283e09c701599a5240db79

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTuskegee University

Victim entityTuskegee University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 16, 2025

Stated responseRecovered all documentation shortly after the incident that same day

ComplianceMA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov