HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Michigan State University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 13, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Michigan State University →5 incidents on file

Michigan State University notified Montana residents that shop.msu.edu was compromised between Oct 2019 and Jun 2020. Attackers inserted malicious code enabling theft of names, addresses, and credit card data (including CVV). MSU removed the code, engaged law enforcement, and offered 2 years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

Oct 19, 2019

Begins

Aug 13, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ceb270c167dda8b2020-08-13Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_1ce71fa14003a3682020-08-14 · +1dVerified

Name: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union
norm: michigan state university federal credit union

Name: Michigan State University
norm: michigan state university
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2019 – Jun 26, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working in close cooperation with law enforcement partners
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: The malicious code has been removed
The system has been reviewed by our IT Security team
Working in close cooperation with our processing banks and law enforcement partners
Increasing our education and training across the MSU community
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: MSU IT will be requiring advanced training for the website administrators
Ensuring they are adhering to all appropriate security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first

Montana State AGAug 13 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Michigan-State-University-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 13, 2020
Raw hash: f67c6873d68dd8fd156842f2475bf75d9bc4dc76784e85922e26278fa83c7673

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union

Victim entityMichigan State University

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe malicious code has been removed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov