HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Nova Southeastern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 12, 2018

Filed

Jan 28, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nova Southeastern University →6 incidents on file

Nova Southeastern University notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized person accessed an NSU email account starting in September 2018. The incident affected 1 New Hampshire resident, exposing names, DOB, passport, driver's license, and SSN. NSU engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 102 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Dec 12, 2018

Discovered

Jan 28, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_09f836d5bb79c95b2019-01-25 · +3dCandidate

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018
Undetected for: 102 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the account
Began an investigation
Hiring a third party forensic firm to assist them
Mailed letters to 1 New Hampshire resident
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Enhancing this email account's security
Implementing multi-factor authentication on all external access to this email account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/nova-southeastern-university-20190128.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2019
Raw hash: 2b9bbf80d65be93831e5dfcd645b5c30be2da7a46ce8a81787f1521429d8bc3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNova Southeastern University

Victim entityNova Southeastern University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2018

Stated responseTook steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov