HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitZero-DayData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

bd_65752bb6f940e1ef · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2025

Filed

Dec 1, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania →3 incidents on file

The University of Pennsylvania notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving its third-party Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS). A previously unknown vulnerability (zero-day) in Oracle EBS allowed unauthorized access and data exfiltration. Penn discovered the unauthorized access on November 11, 2025, and sent notification letters on December 1, 2025. Affected data included government-issued identifiers and personal information. Penn engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, applied security patches, and offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Nov 11, 2025

Discovered

Dec 1, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 17 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteshinyhuntersbd_20d98f86cadb16022026-02-04 · +65dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_194bd163b527a3352025-12-01Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_1fae715254418c002025-12-01Verified by operator
Iowa State AGbd_3340eceed80aa4a62025-12-01Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_36bdda19f39a3c942025-12-01Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_8ad1850d7141bc9a2025-12-02 · +1dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_e679c6a24510eaf92025-12-03 · +2dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_04392877ff003a222025-12-04 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_52860701b7a833ff2025-12-22 · +21dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_5fa5e741d0d862242026-04-15 · +135dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 16 linked disclosures.

Name: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
norm: the trustees of the university of pennsylvania

Name: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
norm: the trustees of the university of pennsylvania
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: cooperating with an ongoing federal law enforcement investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of outside cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with an ongoing federal law enforcement investigation
Applied all security patches released by Oracle to address the vulnerability
Working with cybersecurity experts to reinforce our systems
Providing you with access to complimentary Experian credit monitoring and remediation services for 24 months
Changes made: Applied all security patches released by Oracle to address the vulnerability
Working with cybersecurity experts to reinforce our systems to mitigate the risk of future unauthorized access
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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California State AGDec 1 · first

Montana State AGDec 1 · first

Iowa State AGDec 1 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 1 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Oregon State AG+21d

Washington State AG+135d

Pattern: first filing Dec 1 (CA), last Apr 15 (WA) — a 135-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 16 — the full spread may be wider.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/cc9b5c07-781c-460d-aec9-53b11714ae4a.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2025
Raw hash: 6bda1748eb0e99a42583baaa7ec96bcbbefdab3b972b89f8f6e0283b9154b52b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

Victim entityThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of outside cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov