HackingHealthcareEducationHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PIIMediumContained

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

bd_b933f2c183c58849 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 8, 2024

Filed

Dec 19, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY →23 incidents on file

Boston University Framingham Heart Study disclosed a September 2024 security incident where unauthorized access to a server exposed personal information, including SSNs, names, addresses, and medical data. The study isolated the server, patched the vulnerability, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday15 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Sep 8, 2024

Discovered

Dec 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
norm: trustees of boston university

Name: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
norm: trustees of boston university
Industry: HealthcarellmEducationllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the appropriate law enforcement agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Isolated the server to prevent further unauthorized activity
Applied patches to the protected server environment
Notified the appropriate law enforcement agencies
Hosting an online meeting to discuss concerns
Making available a free 24-month membership in a credit monitoring service, Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Applied patches to the protected server environment to address the vulnerability
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-19-boston-university-framingham-heart-study-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2024
Raw hash: 8e5130670b38fe5ed4b53f43091699019bad506b95d5dfae280489e1086d7a0d

Reporting entityTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Victim entityTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2024

Stated responseIsolated the server to prevent further unauthorized activity

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov