HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Tufts University

bd_60c0403ad8533126 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 23, 2020

Filed

Apr 30, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tufts University →7 incidents on file

Tufts University notified individuals of a cybersecurity incident where personal information, including Social Security numbers, was publicly accessible via the University's Digital Library and Archives. Unauthorized access potentially began on or about May 31, 2019. Tufts secured the data on March 23, 2020, upon notification. No direct evidence of misuse was found, but the University offered two years of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 297 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

May 31, 2019

Begins

Mar 23, 2020

Discovered

Apr 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_89a50c8f91de185c2020-05-08 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d57b2da53102e0ea2020-05-13 · +13dVerified

Name: Tufts University
norm: tufts university
Domain: tufts.edu

Name: Tufts University
norm: tufts university
Domain: tufts.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2020
Breach occurred: May 31, 2019
Undetected for: 297 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 30, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the data the same day we were notified
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
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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Montana State AGApr 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Apr 30 (MT), last May 13 (MA) — a 13-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-82.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2020
Raw hash: 99a4f6c8c3ea17e784bf9a4fd3124c4bdeb179d39c8b5f699942fa35e45fe004

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTufts University

Victim entityTufts University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2020

Stated responseSecured the data the same day we were notified

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov