HackingEducationEducationTargetedEducationIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Michigan State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2016

Filed

Nov 18, 2016

To disclose

5 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Michigan State University →4 incidents on file

Michigan State University notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack on Nov 13, 2016, involving unauthorized access to a database containing names, SSNs, and student/employee IDs. The database was taken offline immediately. MSU is notifying affected individuals and providing 24 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 days

Nov 13, 2016

Begins

Nov 13, 2016

Discovered

Nov 18, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_238b0815544e28c62016-11-21 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d21d343df83507152016-11-22 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_df6b2bd59bf55bdf2016-11-28 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_8a27d24911b87d9e2016-11-29 · +11dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 21d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4f9871974588b2382016-11-30 · +12dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_acba0a16473f2e042016-12-09 · +21dVerified

Name: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union
norm: michigan state university federal credit union
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Michigan State University
norm: michigan state university
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 13, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Student ID numberDate of birthSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: The affected database was immediately taken offline
MSU Police Department continues to work diligently with federal law enforcement partners to investigate the incident
MSU is providing the attached notice letters to affected individuals via email and regular mail
MSU also is notifying major statewide media in your state about the breach
Posted information on its website at www.msu.edu/datasecurity
Changes made: Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGNov 18 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+10d

California State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Oregon State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Nov 18 (WA), last Dec 9 (OR) — a 21-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9655.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2016
Raw hash: 29bf6835793d19ed4f67257cdc46be15c6a80ee1384c224893e38ee5c86fe680

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union

Victim entityMichigan State University

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2016

Stated responseThe affected database was immediately taken offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com