HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsEducationHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

City University of Seattle

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

1,097state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for City University of Seattle →

City University of Seattle notified 1,097 Washington residents of a data security incident detected in May 2020. Unauthorized access to personal information, including government IDs, health insurance, and credentials, was determined. The university engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d32 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 222 days

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1e4ff372859dd9ec2020-12-09Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac8e2b34c00f5f8d2020-12-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fe22a1791fe9e3c52020-12-07 · +2dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: City University of Seattle
norm: city university of seattle
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,097state-resident count only
Data types: CredentialsEducationHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameDriver's licence numberStudent ID numberMilitary ID numberPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a digital forensics firm
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Provided consumers with information about steps they can take to protect their personal information
Offered affected consumers free identity protection services, including credit monitoring, for 12 months
Changes made: Adopted enhanced security measures to prevent similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(222 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGDec 7 · first

Maine State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10366.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2020
Raw hash: 9258a63fc23d07fc414b27bbbaad8ac565781e1d2bec4ab23e64180d3e35c4eb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityCity University of Seattle

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com