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HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsLowContained

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

bd_a49d0e8c6d52271d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 1, 2021

Filed

Aug 5, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY →2 incidents on file

University of Kentucky disclosed that an unknown party exploited a vulnerability in its OTIS Digital Driver’s License database between January 8 and February 6, 2021. The vulnerability was identified during a penetration test in early June 2021. The breach exposed usernames (email addresses) and passwords. The university disabled affected passwords and engaged a forensic firm. No other personal information such as SSNs or financial data was involved.

Incident timeline

undetected · 144 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Jan 8, 2021

Begins

Jun 1, 2021

Discovered

Aug 5, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
California State AG+216d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 5 (CA) — a 216-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.