HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

YALE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2018

Filed

Jul 26, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for YALE UNIVERSITY →6 incidents on file

Yale University notified New Hampshire residents of a breach where intruders accessed a database between April 2008 and January 2009, extracting names, SSNs, DOBs, and contact info. Yale discovered the intrusion on June 16, 2018. The university offered 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3728 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Apr 1, 2008

Begins

Jun 16, 2018

Discovered

Jul 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_271fe1a178228c5f2018-07-27 · +1dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_c2299d7877c416a42018-07-27 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9f6527b59dd81c982018-07-30 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bbebab32ec4d53e62018-07-30 · +4dVerified

Name: YALE UNIVERSITY
norm: yale university
Domain: yale.edu

Name: YALE UNIVERSITY
norm: yale university
Domain: yale.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2008 – Jan 31, 2009
Undetected for: 3,728 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 26, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offering 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services from Kroll
Improved electronic security
Eliminated unnecessary storage of personal information
Changes made: Improved electronic security
Eliminated unnecessary storage of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 26 · first · this page

Washington State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/yale-university-20180726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2018
Raw hash: 11867c4a1242fd611e72fcf8d851aa45850f278cf0c960ec64df333c93f490e7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYALE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityYALE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2018

Stated responseOffering 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services from Kroll

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov