MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

LEE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

Mar 26, 2025

To disclose

12 months

Affected

1,167state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for LEE UNIVERSITY →

Lee University, a private Christian university in Tennessee, disclosed a ransomware incident affecting approximately 1,167 Washington residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal information including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and health data. The incident was discovered on March 22, 2024, following access via a third-party software vulnerability. Notifications were sent to affected individuals on March 24, 2025, offering 12 months of identity protection services.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d12 months 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

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 12 months / 369 days

Mar 9, 2024

Begins

Mar 22, 2024

Discovered

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+44 wks slower

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by medusa about this victim predates this filing by 342 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_04edd7df916f70a02025-03-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_37ece777e49ea0462025-03-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_96bc7c394d2c81b32025-03-26Verified
California State AGbd_d5f5a1eec1591b7c2025-03-26Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 393d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_300a9184d4bcd0812025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e6cb9d5990cf5492025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8cdee20d984ad4d92025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_daa4525b9e17e7cc2025-03-24 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_999367d5f3b9dbb72025-03-31 · +5dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_81b8b7e84bde761c2026-04-23 · +393dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 22, 2024
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,167state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts
Secured its systems
Launched an investigation
Evaluated and improved the security of its systems
Established a toll-free call center through IDX
Notified potentially affected individuals via email
Published notice on the Lee University website
Reported the incident to nationwide consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Offering 12 months of complimentary identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 months(369 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >180d
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 · 11 filings · 10 states

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Vermont State AGMar 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d · this page

South Carolina State AG+7d

Maryland State AG+395d

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (VT), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 395-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/BreachM18840.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2025
Raw hash: 76f03249b3b040008a52c38e87ed79e9b39451e666a5f7f41cd7a350de2415a7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2024

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com