HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Goodwin University, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 4, 2025

Filed

May 4, 2026

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

172state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Goodwin University, Inc. →

Goodwin University notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident discovered on December 4, 2025, involving unauthorized access via suspicious logins. The breach potentially affected 172 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and PHI. Goodwin University disabled the compromised account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12-24 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of identity theft was reported as of May 2026.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d22 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

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 151 days

Dec 4, 2025

Discovered

May 4, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 151 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteqilinbd_99af35d7c88909d32025-12-28 · +126dVerified
Leak Siteqilinbd_3992af7d6724ba272025-12-04 · +151dVerified

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_895012cd91cf620f2026-05-04Verified
Texas State AGbd_45379d3343cee2162026-05-05 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_05c91332a821fa652026-04-16 · +18dVerified

Name: Goodwin University
norm: goodwin university
Domain: goodwin.edu

Name: Goodwin University, Inc.
norm: goodwin university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 16, 2026
Affected individuals: 172state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate the incident
Disabled the compromised account
Engaged a data mining vendor to identify any potentially impacted individuals
Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through CyberScout
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Reviewed and revised technical safeguards and enhancements
Changes made: Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Continually reviewing and revising technical safeguards and enhancements to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGApr 16 · first

Maine State AG+18d

New Hampshire State AG+18d · this page

Texas State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing Apr 16 (IN), last May 5 (TX) — a 19-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/goodwin-university-20260504.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 4, 2026
Raw hash: 363bceec046091d80b2e39ee00038facf359fc2b08b07383a7cb2094026da963

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGoodwin University

Victim entityGoodwin University, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2025

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate the incident

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov