DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Research Foundation for The State University of New York

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2021

Filed

Aug 13, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for The Research Foundation for The State University of New York →3 incidents on file

The Research Foundation for SUNY notified affected individuals of a security incident where unauthorized access occurred between May 22 and July 9, 2021. The attacker obtained files containing names and Social Security numbers. The organization engaged cybersecurity and law enforcement firms, restored systems, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

May 22, 2021

Begins

Jul 9, 2021

Discovered

Aug 13, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 91d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGAug 13 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first
Maine State AGAug 13 · first
Indiana State AGAug 13 · first
Montana State AGAug 13 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 13 (CA), last Nov 12 (ME) — a 91-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.