HackingHealthcareEducationHealthcareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

bd_6e8361a25d311431 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jun 23, 2023

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY →3 incidents on file

The Johns Hopkins University and Health System notified individuals of a data breach involving the MOVEit file-transfer software. An unauthorized party accessed a server on May 29, 2023, downloading personal information including names, SSNs, and dates of birth. JHU engaged forensic investigators, disconnected the server, and provided two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday23 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jun 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_5c01ed35dab044312023-07-10 · +18dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8ddec3a29b43d16a2023-07-21 · +28dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_8a0c7a805f112ccb2023-07-25 · +32dVerified
California State AGbd_aaab7b2385df4fc12023-07-25 · +32dVerified by operator

Name: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
norm: the johns hopkins university
Domain: jhu.edu

Name: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
norm: the johns hopkins university
Domain: jhu.edu
Industry: HealthcarellmEducationllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 11, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Disconnecting the Johns Hopkins server that utilizes the MOVEit software
Engaging a third-party cybersecurity incident response team to assist with forensic analysis and ongoing monitoring
Working with our business partners and law enforcement to mitigate this situation
Changes made: Providing you with two years of credit monitoring and resolution services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJun 23 · first · this page

Montana State AG+28d

Washington State AG+32d

California State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Jun 23 (VT), last Jul 25 (CA) — a 32-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-06-23-johns-hopkins-university-and-johns-hopkins-hopkins-health-system-corporation-data-breach
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 23, 2023
Raw hash: 906d22166d16cb94138e77c9882b8963d24069e777083e104c775c572aba083a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Victim entityTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseDisconnecting the Johns Hopkins server that utilizes the MOVEit software

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov