HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

University of the People

bd_970e1ff5835dd356 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 15, 2022

Filed

Apr 4, 2023

To disclose

15 months

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of the People →3 incidents on file

University of the People reported unauthorized access to its SharePoint platform between Jan 2-10, 2022. The incident impacted 19 New Hampshire residents' PII. UoPeople engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, changed passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 444 days

Jan 2, 2022

Begins

Jan 15, 2022

Discovered

Apr 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+56 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_57d53b879077ad262023-04-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_7684067d9ceb71f92023-04-04Candidate
California State AGbd_1d855dd1d17c87fb2023-04-05 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ac9b991feced758e2023-04-05 · +1dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_101bfc1e85fb714d2023-03-24 · +11dVerified

Name: University of the People
norm: university of the people

Name: University of the People
norm: university of the people
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 2, 2022 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Law enforcement has been notified
Passwords were promptly changed
Unauthorized access was blocked
Third-party forensic experts were also engaged to investigate and remediate this incident
Changes made: Implemented several cybersecurity enhancements
Further secured our network
Continue to evaluate additional measures we can take to harden our defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(444 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMar 24 · first

Vermont State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

California State AG+12d

Maine State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (IN), last Apr 5 (ME) — a 12-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/university-people-20230404.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2023
Raw hash: bec55730f24ad2693bdedb204f7dd51ccb059213a22b8ff706059b8880d4232c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of the People

Victim entityUniversity of the People

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2022

Stated responseLaw enforcement has been notified

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov