Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

University of Alaska

bd_7f9fa6fd34452b00 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 18, 2021

Filed

Oct 13, 2022

To disclose

16 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of Alaska →4 incidents on file

University of Alaska notified affected individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between June 17-18, 2021. Suspicious activity was discovered on June 18, 2021. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise and email collection. PII including names and data elements was potentially accessed. The university engaged forensic specialists and provided 12 months of identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 482 days

Jun 17, 2021

Begins

Jun 18, 2021

Discovered

Oct 13, 2022

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_6736f616e14d02c32022-10-13Verified by operator

Name: University of Alaska
norm: university of alaska
Domain: alaska.edu

Name: University of Alaska
norm: university of alaska
Domain: alaska.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 18, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2021 – Jun 18, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → 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 AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a diligent and time intensive review of the entire contents of the impacted email accounts
Providing you with access to twelve (12) months of identity monitoring services through Kroll at no cost
Changes made: Taking steps to implement additional safeguards
Review policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(482 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 13 · first

Montana State AGOct 13 · 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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-623.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 13, 2022
Raw hash: 1c6198de501774230a753c5b33423bc44df9e2830ae80011664967c9568c5128

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Alaska

Victim entityUniversity of Alaska

Incidentdiscovered Jun 18, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov