HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsPHIHealth (basic)AuthenticationMediumResolved

University of Alaska

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Jun 5, 2019

To disclose

16 months

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of Alaska →4 incidents on file

University of Alaska notified individuals of unauthorized access to email accounts between Jan 31 and Feb 15, 2018. Access was gained via compromised credentials. Data potentially exposed included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, PHI, and passwords. Notifications sent in Feb 2019 with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 489 days

Jan 31, 2018

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Jun 5, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f309b3d26eb89a192019-06-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0e98c869ce0842772019-06-10 · +5dVerified

Name: University of Alaska
norm: university of alaska
Domain: alaska.edu

Name: University of Alaska
norm: university of alaska
Domain: alaska.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2018 – Feb 15, 2018
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 36state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsPHIHealth (basic)Authentication
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Terminated unauthorized access
Initiated an investigation
Began working with third-party forensic experts
Upgraded security protocols for password changes
Expanded the investigation to include a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of the affected email accounts
Offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through TransUnion at no cost
Changes made: Taking steps to evaluate additional safeguards
Reviewing policies and procedures in order to protect the security of its data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(489 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 5 · first

Montana State AGJun 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jun 5 (MA), last Jun 10 (NH) — a 5-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/University-of-Alsaka-System-Consumer-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 5, 2019
Raw hash: 400499ea4f0d83e0aae805636d9ec9a92ac6ed9e732d39e62abbeec9d68bde96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Alaska

Victim entityUniversity of Alaska

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseTerminated unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov