MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

University of Maryland Global Campus

bd_647b7383837d3036 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 7, 2021

Filed

Oct 22, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for University of Maryland Global Campus →

University of Maryland Global Campus notified Montana residents of a malware incident discovered on October 7, 2021. Unauthorized access to PII, including SSNs, names, addresses, and emails, was confirmed on October 15. The university is offering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Oct 7, 2021

Discovered

Oct 22, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1e06edac6cf15b6d2021-10-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_262b752d50461fbf2021-11-05 · +14dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_89bafc9c18bc47452021-11-05 · +14dVerified
California State AGbd_cdd6ceb837eb0a2a2021-11-05 · +14dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 17d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_53fc35ed4ed83b162021-11-08 · +17dVerified

Name: University of Maryland Global Campus
norm: university of maryland global campus

Name: University of Maryland Global Campus
norm: university of maryland global campus
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Providing identity theft protection services free of charge through IDX
24 Months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Insurance reimbursement policy
Fully managed identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Take steps to further strengthen the safeguards that protect your information and our systems
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGOct 22 · first

Montana State AGOct 22 · first · this page

Maine State AG+14d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

California State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Oct 22 (IN), last Nov 8 (NH) — a 17-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-Notification-Letter-57.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 22, 2021
Raw hash: a420441f89134e7621bc5a0691b0b52f4903d8eefedb16e18282c1a192a64269

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Maryland Global Campus

Victim entityUniversity of Maryland Global Campus

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov