Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Alfred University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 3, 2020

Filed

Feb 11, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Alfred University →

Alfred University notified affected individuals of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account via phishing from March 7 to April 3, 2019. The incident was discovered on January 3, 2020. Personal information, including names and medical diagnostic/treatment data, was involved. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 302 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Mar 7, 2019

Begins

Jan 3, 2020

Discovered

Feb 11, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a1e6ac1823d41b212020-02-14 · +3dVerified

Name: Alfred University
norm: alfred university

Name: Alfred University
norm: alfred university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2019 – Apr 3, 2019
Undetected for: 302 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and very thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Conducted a comprehensive manual document review
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 11 · first · this page

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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/Alfred-CON.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2020
Raw hash: 17e27570a1aab63c2537d9934a8ecb87f1c4f034fe88b134ea00a2591812350a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlfred University

Victim entityAlfred University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2020

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and very thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov