HackingEducationEducationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Butler University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2014

Filed

Jun 26, 2014

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Butler University →3 incidents on file

Butler University notified affected employees that their personal information (name, SSN, driver's license, bank account info) may have been accessed by hackers between Nov 1, 2013 and May 28, 2014. The breach was discovered on May 28, 2014, following a law enforcement investigation into identity theft involving a flash drive found in an employee's possession. Forensic experts confirmed unauthorized access to the university's network. The university is offering one year of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered May 28, 2014 → Notified Jun 26, 201429d ✓ CA 60-day OK29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 208 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

May 28, 2014

Discovered

Jun 26, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_02b52c7ceb7bac1e2014-06-26Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_af91638dca2cf2e72014-06-26Verified

Name: Butler University
norm: butler university
Domain: butler.edu

Name: Butler University
norm: butler university
Domain: butler.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 28, 2014
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2013 – May 28, 2014
Undetected for: 208 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Contacted by California law enforcement

During the incident: Contacted by California law enforcement and alerted to an identity theft investigation
Immediately notified the affected employees
Launched an internal investigation
Retained third-party computer forensics experts to confirm findings and identify the full extent of data potentially exposed
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Experian's ProtectMyID Alert
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 28, 2014
→ Notified: Jun 26, 2014
29d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 28, 2014 → Notified: Jun 26, 2014	29d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 26 · first

California State AGJun 26 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-45661
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2014
Raw hash: a0faf1ed630be459a5d69a5f6ea0919c75ef823da6de47bb6efcfdfb11c48275

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityButler University

Victim entityButler University

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2014

Stated responseContacted by California law enforcement and alerted to an identity theft investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov