Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Dixie State University

bd_99c7f134745f6eea · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 14, 2021

Filed

Mar 17, 2022

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dixie State University →

Dixie State University notified affected individuals of a data breach involving unauthorized access to a university email account. The incident was discovered on November 14, 2021, following suspicious activity linked to an account compromised on November 12, 2021. The unauthorized party accessed emails containing personal information (names, data elements). The university engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured the account, and is offering one year of Experian IdentityWorks protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Nov 12, 2021

Begins

Nov 14, 2021

Discovered

Mar 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4428fe3a1da1a8be2022-03-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d02245b92b5eaf0f2022-03-17Verified

Name: Dixie State University
norm: dixie state university

Name: Dixie State University
norm: dixie state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2021
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (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: Took steps to secure the email account
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist with investigation
Reviewed the contents of the email account with assistance from a cybersecurity forensics firm
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance existing cybersecurity protocols
Re-educating employees to be aware of these types of incidents
Offering complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMar 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 17 · first

Montana State AGMar 17 · first · this page

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-268.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2022
Raw hash: 083399e2ac583d656d471909737fc32b0345de543283c8316fa093a50f26f1e8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDixie State University

Victim entityDixie State University

Incidentdiscovered Nov 14, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov