HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Butler University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 29, 2014

Filed

Jun 26, 2014

To disclose

28 days

Affected

393state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Butler University →3 incidents on file

Butler University notified NH AG of unauthorized hacking into its network (Nov 2013-May 2014) exposing personal info of 393 NH residents. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and bank account info. Discovered May 29, 2014, after CA law enforcement contact. Forensics retained. Remediation includes credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 209 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

May 29, 2014

Discovered

Jun 26, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_02b52c7ceb7bac1e2014-06-26Verified
California State AGbd_8f9fc2f04d24eb502014-06-26Candidate

Name: Butler University
norm: butler university
Domain: butler.edu

Name: Butler University
norm: butler university
Domain: butler.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 29, 2014
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2013 – May 1, 2014
Undetected for: 209 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2014
Affected individuals: 393state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified California law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained third-party computer forensics experts
Notified affected employees
Launched an internal investigation
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring services and identity theft restoration services
Provided written notice to other state regulators and national credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Offering complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Providing information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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 26 · first

California State AGJun 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/butler-university-20140626.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2014
Raw hash: 025480db29add58a706751ededb8ded1f09a1623ad7cc87ecfc2e498ad08fd7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityButler University

Victim entityButler University

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2014

Stated responseRetained third-party computer forensics experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov