HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedAuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

bd_9c74f783c3a58f56 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 11, 2023

Filed

May 19, 2023

To disclose

8 days

Affected

623state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND →2 incidents on file

University of Puget Sound notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to credentials of 623 users (faculty, staff, students) via third-party vendor Brightly. Incident discovered May 11, 2023. University reset credentials and is reviewing third-party vendor approval processes.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d8 days discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

May 11, 2023

Discovered

May 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed623 affectedView incident

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
norm: the university of puget sound
Domain: pugetsound.edu

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
norm: the university of puget sound
Domain: pugetsound.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 11, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 11, 2023
Affected individuals: 623state-resident count only
Data types: CredentialsPII
Data elements: NameUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Brightly
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Administratively reset all university credentials for internal systems for the identified users
Reviewing internal security practices and system configurations
Improving review process for approving third-party cloud solutions
Followed up with Brightly to confirm their actions going forward
Changes made: Reviewing internal security practices and system configurations
Improving review process for approving third-party cloud solutions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM15130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2023
Raw hash: 6e1a126327208d611235f40f9ec4c0f6c49cb0cd59fefcf0e56e3353171a407b

Reporting entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

Victim entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2023

Stated responseAdministratively reset all university credentials for internal systems for the identified users

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com