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Wichita State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 5, 2019

Filed

Mar 11, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Wichita State University →

Wichita State University reported unauthorized access to a computer server between December 3-5, 2019. The breach exposed names, email addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of students and employees. WSU engaged forensic investigators, secured the server, and offered identity theft protection services to affected California residents.

California clockDiscovered Dec 5, 2019 → Notified Mar 6, 202092d ✗ CA 60-day late14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Dec 3, 2019

Begins

Dec 5, 2019

Discovered

Mar 11, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMar 6 · first
Washington State AG+4d
Montana State AG+4d
Oregon State AG+5d
California State AG+5d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (IN), last Mar 13 (MA) — a 7-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.