HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Liberty University, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

May 6, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

26state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Liberty University, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Liberty University notified the NH AG of a third-party breach involving its vendor, Athletic Trainer System (ATS). Unauthorized actors accessed two user accounts in Feb/Oct 2020. LU was notified on Nov 17, 2023. Personal info of 26 NH residents (student athletes) was compromised. LU engaged investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1385 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 171 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Nov 17, 2023

Discovered

May 6, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Athletic Trainer System supply-chain incident (2024) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_05b2744a3d41bef12024-04-29 · +7dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_147096295c4b363d2024-04-29 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_288b2256ef7018d62024-04-29 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_669715e26b2a82dc2024-04-29 · +7dVerified

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu

Name: Liberty University, Inc.
norm: liberty university
Domain: liberty.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Undetected for: 1,385 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 26state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident
Provided notification to affected residents commencing on or about April 29, 2024
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian Identity Works Credit 3B
Increased complexity requirements for passwords
Implemented a two-factor authentication process
Changes made: Increased complexity requirements for passwords
Implemented a two-factor authentication process
Review of ongoing third-party vendor relationships
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(171 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGApr 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 29 · first

Indiana State AGApr 29 · first

Maine State AGApr 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 29 (VT), last May 6 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/liberty-university-20240506.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2024
Raw hash: e45e6773d536d58ff4f9c1e6ae7b24830f95dcae40af5dcf03c96edcad06ff6d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLiberty University, Inc.

Victim entityLiberty University, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party professionals to assist in an investigation of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov