HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Mercer University

bd_a5500d618761e406 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 5, 2023

Filed

May 25, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

37state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Mercer University →2 incidents on file

Mercer University notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident where an unauthorized actor accessed files between Feb 12-24, 2023. The intrusion was discovered on April 5, 2023. 37 NH residents were affected. Mercer alerted law enforcement, secured systems, and offered 1 year of identity monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 52 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Feb 12, 2023

Begins

Apr 5, 2023

Discovered

Apr 30, 2023

Scope determined

May 25, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 50 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_b78996413639be282023-05-09 · +16dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_88c564611384bcb92023-05-26 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_99e7bd25e941249a2023-05-24 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b6e9871d602a1ddb2023-05-24 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_be90f9e6596c8c592023-05-24 · +1dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_d942fa1ddbce775c2023-05-24 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: Mercer University
norm: mercer university
Domain: mercer.edu

Name: Mercer University
norm: mercer university
Domain: mercer.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2023 – Feb 24, 2023
Undetected for: 52 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 30, 2023
Notification sent: May 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 37state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Alerted law enforcement
Launched an investigation
Began mailing notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offering one year of complimentary identity monitoring and identity theft protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free incident response line
Changes made: Taken, and will continue to take, steps to further enhance the security of our computer systems and the data we maintain
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGMay 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 24 · first

Indiana State AGMay 24 · first

Montana State AGMay 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+2d

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/mercer-university-20230525.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 25, 2023
Raw hash: f60eda8b4c57fbb800f36dc2259797f737b6f8168447643851e6a42a3a3564a9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMercer University

Victim entityMercer University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 5, 2023

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov