MalwareEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentEducationIP / systemMediumActive

University of Connecticut

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2015

Filed

Jun 14, 2016

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of Connecticut →3 incidents on file

University of Connecticut detected malware on School of Engineering servers on March 9, 2015, with penetration dating back to September 2013. The incident potentially exposed names, contact info, SSNs, employment records, student academic data, and research data. Investigation remains underway. Identity protection services were offered.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 9, 2015 → Notified May 31, 2016449d ✗ CA 60-day late15 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 554 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 463 days

Sep 1, 2013

Begins

Mar 9, 2015

Discovered

Jun 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+59 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_863d0118c33161912016-06-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9ebd377ce6403ef72016-06-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_13d31386cf953e132016-06-20 · +6dVerified

Name: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, THE
norm: university of connecticut foundation incorporated the

Name: University of Connecticut
norm: university of connecticut
Domain: uconn.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2013
Undetected for: 554 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmploymentEducationIP / system
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1059 Command and Scripting InterpreterT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Detected malicious software on servers
Conducted complex and thorough investigation
Provided notification to potentially impacted individuals
Arranged for AllClear ID identity protection for twelve months
Changes made: Taking steps to prevent a similar occurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(463 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 449d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 9, 2015
→ Notified: May 31, 2016
449d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 9, 2015 → Notified: May 31, 2016	449d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJun 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

California State AGJun 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jun 14 (MT), last Jun 20 (MA) — a 6-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62350
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2016
Raw hash: de532b6ca073da15cecc3a40aa630b7c4d472698424385034fef4fc7d52cb171

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, THE

Victim entityUniversity of Connecticut

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2015

Stated responseDetected malicious software on servers

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov