HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Asbury Theological Seminary

bd_9a35a11c50a1633e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2024

Filed

Mar 14, 2025

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Asbury Theological Seminary →

Asbury Theological Seminary notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting 22 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between June 1-6, 2024, detected on June 6, 2024. Personal information, including government IDs, was potentially accessed. The Seminary secured its network, engaged forensic investigators, and began notifying affected individuals on March 10, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d40 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 281 days

Jun 1, 2024

Begins

Jun 6, 2024

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+30 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by fog about this victim predates this filing by 263 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitefogbd_501367b8b3dd67a12024-06-24 · +263dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7b45acd9970e486f2025-03-11 · +3dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_24f57d2c0053855f2025-03-10 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_657ecb51549b10982025-03-10 · +4dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_a993b38d52acc7762025-03-10 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 369d gap

Maryland State AGbd_c23b589b8418a7692025-03-10 · +4dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_d0638871479380a72025-03-10 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_b468f324db2dfd8a2024-03-10 · +369dVerified by operator

Name: Asbury Theological Seminary
norm: asbury theological seminary

Name: Asbury Theological Seminary
norm: asbury theological seminary
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2024 – Jun 6, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the environment
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Provided notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(281 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGMar 10 · first

Indiana State AG+365d

Montana State AG+365d

Maine State AG+365d

Maryland State AG+365d

Nebraska State AG+365d

Massachusetts State AG+366d

New Hampshire State AG+369d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 10 (VT), last Mar 14 (NH) — a 369-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/asbury-theological-seminary-20250314.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2025
Raw hash: ba7dfd68c9c33e396d1160d10d794b6b52ef1ebcc5ebbfa1d6e9ce5da60ce213

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAsbury Theological Seminary

Victim entityAsbury Theological Seminary

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2024

Stated responseSecured the environment

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov