AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Montana State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 16, 2012

Filed

Dec 21, 2012

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Montana State University →4 incidents on file

Montana State University notified the NH AG of a misconfiguration where student loan documents (names, DOB, SSNs) were left unencrypted on a network device between Aug 1 and Sep 15, 2012. Discovered Sep 16, 2012. 8 NH residents affected. MSU engaged forensic counsel and is offering 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 46 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 96 days

Aug 1, 2012

Begins

Sep 16, 2012

Discovered

Dec 21, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8 affectedView incident

Name: Montana State University
norm: montana state university
Domain: montana.edu

Name: Montana State University
norm: montana state university
Domain: montana.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2012
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2012 – Sep 15, 2012
Undetected for: 46 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2012
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel
Consultation with a computer forensic investigation firm
Review of the information contained on the device
Determination of sufficient contact information for the individuals affected
Providing eligible individuals with a free one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Providing call center support for those affected
Changes made: Use of encryption technology for these types of documents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 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/montana-state-university-20121221.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2012
Raw hash: a3cab52f9a5bd735d6b7530facde4bad939799267eb2377790b655a68d6dcc83

Reporting entityMontana State University

Victim entityMontana State University

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2012

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov