HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2024

Filed

Nov 5, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE →2 incidents on file

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) notified consumers of a data breach discovered on September 18, 2024. A WPI student inadvertently accessed a software application share containing other students' names and Social Security numbers. WPI applied access restrictions, engaged third-party forensic specialists, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring. No criminal activity is suspected.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Sep 18, 2024

Discovered

Nov 5, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1b0b67d59c1c7e342024-11-05Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_58d87530b1b569712024-11-05Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5f93ce13f87be59a2024-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_98eca8cd1736063d2024-11-05Verified

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Maine State AGbd_dd31a6bcb35db7c02024-11-05Verified

Name: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
norm: worcester polytechnic institute

Name: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
norm: worcester polytechnic institute
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Will notify applicable regulatory authorities, where necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Applied access restrictions to the share
Launched an internal investigation
Engaged third-party specialists to validate independently that no other connection occurred
Reviewed internally the accessible data to identify the individuals whose information resided in it
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Regularly review policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage and access of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGNov 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first

Indiana State AGNov 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first

Vermont State AGNov 5 · first · this page

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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/2024-11-05-worcester-polytechnic-institute-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2024
Raw hash: 35e37b2f3da3d228c6adc93509427d15f52f9290322fab9d1b7e68e9a1a3812c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Victim entityWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2024

Stated responseApplied access restrictions to the share

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov