Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Academy of Art University

bd_b772d22fc5686a10 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2016

Filed

Apr 13, 2016

To disclose

8 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Academy of Art University →2 incidents on file

Academy of Art University notified employees of a March 4, 2016 phishing incident where an employee was spoofed into sending W-2 forms containing PII and SSNs to an unauthorized party. Discovered April 5, 2016. Notices sent April 13, 2016. Affected data includes names, addresses, and SSNs. Remediation included policy review and employee training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 8 days

Mar 4, 2016

Begins

Apr 5, 2016

Discovered

Apr 13, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_85596cf9ebc7d5b22016-04-13Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c48e9329927ebeb02016-04-14 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e53d980efd4753d92016-04-12 · +1dVerified

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art university
Domain: academyart.edu

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art university
Domain: academyart.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 5, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 4, 2016
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2016
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a thorough investigation
Contacted law enforcement
Offering two years of identity protection at no cost
Provided identity protection product offered by Experian
Changes made: Comprehensive review of our policies and procedures for safeguarding employees’ personal information
Additional training for employees with access to that data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · first

California State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Academy-of-Art-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2016
Raw hash: 061e6f227c743eee1bbd52612bfc8608989e3365627e5c275fca91d76ad5b34a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcademy of Art University

Victim entityAcademy of Art University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 5, 2016

Stated responseCommenced a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov