HackingEducationEducationTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

MCMURRY UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 20, 2024

Filed

Dec 23, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MCMURRY UNIVERSITY →

McMurry University notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed systems and copied files between June 18-20, 2024. Affected data included names and variable personal information. The university offered credit monitoring and is reviewing security policies. Approximately 2 Rhode Island residents were identified as impacted.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday27 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 186 days

Jun 18, 2024

Begins

Jun 20, 2024

Discovered

Dec 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_520b9a542622745b2024-12-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6f28d5299d1a03152024-12-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cbc032c535606b9e2024-12-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_d4956893be9813f22024-12-23Candidate

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Montana State AGbd_ffc07f8c5cee2a242024-12-23Verified by operator

Name: MCMURRY UNIVERSITY
norm: mcmurry university

Name: MCMURRY UNIVERSITY
norm: mcmurry university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 18, 2024 – Jun 20, 2024
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 23, 2024
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Moved quickly to respond and investigate the suspicious activity
Assessed and secured our network
Notified potentially impacted individuals
Reviewing our policies and procedures
Assessing new cybersecurity tools
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures
Assessing new cybersecurity tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(186 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGDec 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 23 · first

Maine State AGDec 23 · first

Montana State AGDec 23 · first

Vermont State AGDec 23 · first · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-23-mcmurry-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2024
Raw hash: 1fe23d8923f34943557f4d190b38017b1597c85031ffd8aa20d8379effe89bc9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCMURRY UNIVERSITY

Victim entityMCMURRY UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to respond and investigate the suspicious activity

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov