Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

University of New England (UNE)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 20, 2019

Filed

Aug 26, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for University of New England (UNE) →

University of New England notified NH AG of a security incident affecting 6 NH residents. An employee's email was compromised (Nov 2018). UNE discovered the breach on June 20, 2019, finding names, SSNs, and potentially medical info. No evidence of misuse. UNE engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 227 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Nov 5, 2018

Begins

Jun 20, 2019

Discovered

Aug 26, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f57eddec6586529f2019-08-20 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e5d51e1e24ee82ab2019-07-19 · +38dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: University of New England (UNE)
norm: university of new england une
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2018 – Nov 30, 2018
Undetected for: 227 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 19, 2019
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, New Hampshire
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Providing the notified residents with written notification
Offering the notified residents a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service through Experian
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 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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Montana State AGJul 19 · first

Massachusetts State AG+32d

New Hampshire State AG+38d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 19 (MT), last Aug 26 (NH) — a 38-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/university-new-england-20190826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2019
Raw hash: d1fd061b81e8315993eda1769c3fd27a57a92bbe0193d808e4df2e65ccca400b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityUniversity of New England (UNE)

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2019

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov