HackingTechnologyEducationInformationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Educational Computer Systems, Inc.

bd_766edf08d53cf6d6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 12, 2024

Filed

May 24, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

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Educational Computer Systems, Inc. (ECSI) disclosed a data breach affecting student/borrower tax forms (1098-E/1098-T) for University of Pennsylvania. Unauthorized access occurred between Oct 29, 2023, and Feb 12, 2024, via the guest tax search functionality. ECSI took the service offline, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 106 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Oct 29, 2023

Begins

Feb 12, 2024

Discovered

May 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Name: Educational Computer Systems, Inc.
norm: educational computer

Name: Educational Computer Systems, Inc.
norm: educational computer
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2023 – Feb 12, 2024
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Proactively and temporarily taking the service offline
Removing the guest tax search functionality
Launched an investigation with the support of a respected third-party cybersecurity firm
Alerting you to this incident
Providing you with an offer of complimentary credit monitoring
Engaged Experian to provide you with a credit and identity monitoring service
Changes made: Eliminating the guest tax search functionality
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 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/university-pennsylvania-20240524.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2024
Raw hash: 067cf33bda1a307d8b2bb87506669240e619a5993bd64bf228daaf767f3452b5

Reporting entityEducational Computer Systems, Inc.

Victim entityEducational Computer Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2024

Stated responseProactively and temporarily taking the service offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov