Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Portland State University Foundation

bd_7efbe331eefa5d06 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 1, 2020

Filed

Apr 6, 2021

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Portland State University Foundation →

Portland State University Foundation notified individuals of unauthorized access to email accounts between May 26 and July 1, 2020. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. Data types included names and other PII. The Foundation offered credit monitoring and notified regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 279 days

May 26, 2020

Begins

Jul 1, 2020

Discovered

Apr 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_7aa45810831a10322021-04-06Candidate

Name: Portland State University Foundation
norm: portland state university

Name: Portland State University Foundation
norm: portland state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2020
Breach occurred: May 26, 2020 – Jul 1, 2020
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: provided notice to appropriate regulatory authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implement additional safeguards
Notifying you
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring through TransUnion
Provided notice to appropriate regulatory authorities
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(279 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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Washington State AGApr 6 · first

Montana State AGApr 6 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/PSU-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2021
Raw hash: fc69cc62d6ecc734fdd1687a296dbe63cefbe3955e03b258ea095bbdf16a8cfb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPortland State University Foundation

Victim entityPortland State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov