AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationEducationIdentity (basic)PIILowResolved

Pacific Lutheran University

bd_8b29b6590a4692d8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 5, 2023

Filed

Jan 20, 2023

To disclose

15 days

Affected

708state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Pacific Lutheran University →3 incidents on file

Pacific Lutheran University disclosed a data error on Jan 5, 2023, where an automated billing function erroneously included another student's name and ID number in a bill footer. The error affected less than 30% of bills sent, impacting 708 individuals in Washington. PLU resolved the glitch and implemented additional verification checkpoints.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jan 4, 2023

Begins

Jan 5, 2023

Discovered

Jan 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed708 affectedView incident

Name: Pacific Lutheran University
norm: pacific lutheran university
Domain: plu.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Pacific Lutheran University
norm: pacific lutheran university
Domain: plu.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2023 – Jan 5, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2023
Affected individuals: 708state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameStudent ID number
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Identified the software glitch that caused the original issue and resolved it
Reviewed paper bills prior to mailing to ensure accurate information
Changes made: Reprogrammed the billing automation process
Implemented additional verification checkpoints
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
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.

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/BreachA19490.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 20, 2023
Raw hash: 3ef793680859767ae9a6a7d512a771e30233fd359237d2d5118188d3d1a52da6

Reporting entityPacific Lutheran University

Victim entityPacific Lutheran University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 5, 2023

Stated responseIdentified the software glitch that caused the original issue and resolved it

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com