HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Wichita State University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 5, 2019

Filed

Mar 10, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2,649state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Wichita State University →

Wichita State University notified the Washington AG of unauthorized access to a server hosting student/employee portals between Dec 3-5, 2019. The incident exposed names, emails, DOBs, and SSNs of 2,649 Washington residents. WSU secured the server, engaged forensic investigators, and mailed notices on March 6, 2020, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 96 days

Dec 3, 2019

Begins

Dec 5, 2019

Discovered

Mar 10, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_df5158d064a41baa2020-03-10Verified
Oregon State AGbd_729c391cf2ae85532020-03-11 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_97ebb7cfed9559392020-03-11 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0b3a43eb7531bc0f2020-03-13 · +3dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_434b4c9bf8d6d5392020-03-06 · +4dVerified

Name: Wichita State University
norm: wichita state university

Name: Wichita State University
norm: wichita state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 5, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2019 – Dec 5, 2019
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,649state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the affected server
Engaged a leading computer forensic firm to investigate the incident
Performed a comprehensive review of the server
Began mailing notice via postal mail to potentially affected Washington residents
Offered identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Provided a telephone number for potentially affected Washington residents to call with questions
Changes made: Enhancing existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMar 6 · first

Montana State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d · this page

Oregon State AG+5d

California State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (IN), last Mar 13 (MA) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10538.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2020
Raw hash: 40f5dd637f49533ee50dc6ecd70d2f8645ee2df7a4052347a8c5870e44dc48a2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWichita State University

Victim entityWichita State University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2019

Stated responseSecured the affected server

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com