HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIICriticalContained

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 25, 2019

Filed

May 22, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,265,0008,577 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Georgia Institute of Technology →

Georgia Institute of Technology reports a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party accessed an internal database via a web server between Dec 14, 2018 and Mar 22, 2019. Data exposed included names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs. Georgia Tech notified ~1.265 million individuals, including 8,577 Washington residents, offering credit monitoring. Forensic firms were engaged.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 101 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Dec 14, 2018

Begins

Mar 25, 2019

Discovered

May 22, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_61a2018aa0d12a4e2019-05-22Verified
Oregon State AGbd_69d11ad986ca01d32019-05-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_e98ad894004145812019-05-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_25a943fa8c699b802019-05-23 · +1dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 89d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_09e2725a2c1aa8822019-05-24 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_40c8391d08974be62019-06-11 · +20dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_8a1d9df1eb51d81f2019-08-13 · +83dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_adc4007cc1f5cd002019-08-19 · +89dVerified

Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
norm: georgia institute of

Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
norm: georgia institute of
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 25, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 14, 2018 – Mar 22, 2019
Undetected for: 101 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,265,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified U.S. Department of Education
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Implemented its incident response protocol
Took steps to secure the web server
Engaged leading forensics firms to assist in an investigation
Notified the U.S. Department of Education
Set up a dedicated website to share preliminary findings
Established a dedicated call center
Offered individuals whose Social Security numbers may have been involved with a complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGMay 22 · first

Oregon State AGMay 22 · first

Montana State AGMay 22 · first

Washington State AGMay 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+20d

Delaware State AG+83d

New Hampshire State AG+89d

Pattern: first filing May 22 (CA), last Aug 19 (NH) — a 89-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10632.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2019
Raw hash: 04b92a28c75b6000790be7ac2f1ffaeabf2521b16c82101258eaddca571da4a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Institute of Technology

Victim entityGeorgia Institute of Technology

Incidentdiscovered Mar 25, 2019

Stated responseImplemented its incident response protocol

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com