PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Washington State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

Jun 12, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,866state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Washington State University →4 incidents on file

Washington State University notified individuals that a locked safe containing a hard drive with backed-up files from the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center was stolen. The drive contained unencrypted personal information (name, address) of survey participants and minors. The university notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring services.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due7 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

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Apr 21, 2017

Discovered

Jun 12, 2017

Filed

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This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_132ad94645a603f12017-06-09 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5e2aa4710835d8a72017-06-09 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6da427d5a38a2db02017-06-09 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c5fe9f30f1d5bf9a2017-06-09 · +3dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_e1b79e33bbbba8a12017-06-09 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_3150481dda6620ee2017-06-08 · +4dCandidate

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,866state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Initiated an internal review
Notified local law enforcement
Retained a leading computer forensics firm to assist in the investigation
Changes made: Completing a comprehensive assessment of IT practices and policies
Improving training and awareness for university employees regarding best practices for handling data
Employing best practices for the delivery of IT services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGJun 8 · first

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+4d · 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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/WashingtonStateUniversity.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 12, 2017
Raw hash: d76d30b65e4c9c74a37ed4534bd3eee90fb2e03289435e24065de339e18b3323

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State University

Victim entityWashington State University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal review

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov