HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Rutgers University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 7, 2020

Filed

May 3, 2021

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rutgers University →2 incidents on file

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving unauthorized access to six staff and administrative email accounts between October 6 and 7, 2020. The breach exposed the names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and financial account information of one New Hampshire resident. Rutgers mailed a notification letter on April 19, 2021, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian. Additional safeguards were implemented to monitor the email system.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 208 days

Oct 6, 2020

Begins

Oct 7, 2020

Discovered

May 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2ff07bba005d70092021-04-30 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_da5f33b94400ab222021-04-30 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_45fadb62e153ca792021-04-19 · +14dVerified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Rutgers University
norm: rutgers university
Domain: rutgers.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2020 – Oct 7, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the system and launched an investigation
Conducted an extensive review and analysis of the data within the six email accounts involved
Mailed a notification letter to the subject New Hampshire resident via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offering the subject New Hampshire resident a complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through Experian
Established a dedicated, toll-free telephone number where individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to further safeguard and monitor its email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(208 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGApr 19 · first

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Maine State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 19 (IN), last May 3 (NH) — a 14-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/rutgers-state-university-new-jersey-20210503.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2021
Raw hash: 398cf50fe9dd1549cbcd81eca01943899562e334e403d1ee2c477501283b6d25

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityRutgers University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the system and launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov