MalwareTechnologyEducationInformationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowActive

The University of Vermont

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 3, 2019

Filed

Jul 29, 2019

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

670

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The University of Vermont →4 incidents on file

PrismRBS, a vendor providing e-commerce services for the University of Vermont Bookstore, experienced a security incident where an unauthorized party installed malicious software to capture payment card information. The incident affected transactions between April 13 and April 26, 2019. A total of 670 individuals were affected, including 27 New Hampshire residents. UVM notified the NH Attorney General and affected individuals on July 23, 2019. PrismRBS engaged forensic investigators and is offering one year of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Apr 13, 2019

Begins

May 3, 2019

Discovered

Jul 29, 2019

Filed

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Part of PrismRBS supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed670 affectedView incident

Name: The University of Vermont
norm: the university of vermont
Domain: uvm.edu
Industry: education

Name: The University of Vermont
norm: the university of vermont
Domain: uvm.edu
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: May 3, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 13, 2019 – Apr 26, 2019
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 23, 2019
Affected individuals: 670state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a leading IT forensic firm to assist in its comprehensive investigation
Provided notice to appropriate entities as required under applicable state laws
Sent individual notice to affected individuals
Offering one year of identity protection services through IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional threat monitoring and detection tools
Enhancing the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/prism-rbs-20190729.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2019
Raw hash: e7b3bc2b0ab5ca660f7016ea8adab304140103cb853a1730cc86d14360f6d46f

Reporting entityThe University of Vermont

Victim entityThe University of Vermont

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a leading IT forensic firm to assist in its comprehensive investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov