HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 24, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1,433state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated →2 incidents on file

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) notified former DOE workers of a data breach involving MOVEit Transfer. Unauthorized access occurred May 28-30, 2023, exploiting a vulnerability in the software. ORAU discovered the issue on May 31, 2023, after being notified by Progress Software. Personal information, including names and other identifiers, was exfiltrated. ORAU contacted law enforcement and DOE, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due12 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_964719921d9afe4f2023-07-26 · +29dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_1be1194ec55748642023-08-21 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_393e41f072f2bf092023-08-21 · +3dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_47bcff9365e9eef72023-08-21 · +3dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_6ce30d92e1f562672023-08-21 · +3dVerified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_886bd4fa64f2a2ba2023-08-21 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_991a0ec14d6a0e3b2023-08-21 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_d835c740d49937302023-08-21 · +3dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_decca8f8082609c72023-08-21 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_fd982dc95fd180e52023-08-21 · +3dVerified

Name: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated
norm: oak ridge associated universities
Domain: orau.org

Name: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated
norm: oak ridge associated universities
Domain: orau.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,433state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted DOE
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement and DOE
Launched an investigation
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Continue to explore opportunities to enhance the security of the information that we maintain
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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Oregon State AGAug 21 · first

California State AGAug 21 · first

Vermont State AGAug 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

Montana State AGAug 21 · first

Maine State AGAug 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 21 · first

Indiana State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AGAug 21 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/OakRidgeAssociatedUniversities.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2023
Raw hash: 9e5a03d0509b9074ba392a637434696dec59424e259416761d612f034eb91562

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated

Victim entityOak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseContacted law enforcement and DOE

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov