HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDPIIHighContained

Liberty University, Inc.

bd_669715e26b2a82dc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

Apr 29, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,43412 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Liberty University, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Liberty University reported a third-party vendor incident affecting 5,434 individuals, including 12 Maine residents. The breach occurred in Feb-Oct 2020 and was discovered on March 29, 2024. Compromised data included Social Security Numbers. The university provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 29, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 29, 202431d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1518 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Mar 29, 2024

Discovered

Apr 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Athletic Trainer System supply-chain incident (2024) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_05b2744a3d41bef12024-04-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_147096295c4b363d2024-04-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_288b2256ef7018d62024-04-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ab72f258f997c7f82024-05-06 · +7dVerified

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Undetected for: 1,518 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 5,434state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Offered 12 Months of identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 29, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Apr 29, 2024
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 29, 2024 → Filed with AG: Apr 29, 2024	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGApr 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 29 · first

Indiana State AGApr 29 · first

Maine State AGApr 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 29 (VT), last May 6 (NH) — a 7-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c2ac9a42-5949-4607-85d0-c747f6aa56c3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2024
Raw hash: b7f6091b8a3cf768156fb96aca438a9fe9ac6024f344fdfb25de7a86d8b6fbf5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLiberty University, Inc.

Victim entityLiberty University, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 29, 2024

Stated responseOffered 12 Months of identity theft protection services through Experian

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov