HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

University of Rochester

bd_8283f86271ea7a05 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 19, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

9 days

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

8 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of Rochester →5 incidents on file

University of Rochester notified Montana residents of a third-party vendor breach involving Progress Software's MOVEit File Transfer solution. An unauthorized party exploited a vulnerability on May 27, 2023, to access data. The University discovered files containing personal information were removed on July 19, 2023. The University engaged investigators and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 53 days

discovery → filing · 9 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

Jul 19, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_7d744ab9ef9b3c312023-07-14 · +13dVerified

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_419f463a975f38c72023-07-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_659d73894032e3ae2023-07-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_85e559820964f4f52023-07-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ebc1aa14a808124d2023-07-28Verified by operator

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California State AGbd_f7935ffb9c85c7d12023-07-28Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_baba64b11eeaa1eb2023-08-01 · +4dVerified by operator

Name: University of Rochester
norm: university of rochester
Domain: rochester.edu

Name: University of Rochester
norm: university of rochester
Domain: rochester.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 19, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023
Undetected for: 53 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside professionals to assist in investigating and remediating the vulnerability
Offered a complimentary 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Evaluated and modified practices and internal controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Vermont State AGJul 28 · first

Maine State AGJul 28 · first

Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

California State AGJul 28 · first

Montana State AGJul 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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-485.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: 34c42a93be33a2ed7286e02c12831bd638d3452d1a71f2f62e43e424e37355db

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Rochester

Victim entityUniversity of Rochester

Incidentdiscovered Jul 19, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside professionals to assist in investigating and remediating the vulnerability

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov