HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Buena Vista University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 4, 2010

Filed

Jul 14, 2010

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

45state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Buena Vista University →

Buena Vista University notified NH AG of unauthorized access to a database in early April 2010, discovered June 4, 2010. Affected data included names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. 45 NH residents notified July 14, 2010. Forensics engaged; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 64 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Apr 1, 2010

Begins

Jun 4, 2010

Discovered

Jul 14, 2010

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed45 affectedView incident

Name: Buena Vista University
norm: buena vista university
Domain: bvuathletics.com

Name: Buena Vista University
norm: buena vista university
Domain: bvuathletics.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2010
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2010
Undetected for: 64 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2010
Affected individuals: 45state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a computer forensics team to conduct a thorough investigation
Engaged Experian to offer at no charge a one-year subscription to Triple Alert
Taken steps to mitigate any risk of potential harm
Taken steps to prevent any future unauthorized access to BVU’s information systems
Changes made: Taken steps to prevent any future unauthorized access to BVU’s information systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/buena-vista-university-20100714.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 14, 2010
Raw hash: 3c1710766417caaec6b48db629a36267f74bde0b4cce003a7c9178eb2f0616f1

Reporting entityBuena Vista University

Victim entityBuena Vista University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2010

Stated responseEngaged a computer forensics team to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov