PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIMediumResolved

Montana State University Billings

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2017

Filed

Jan 5, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

202state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Montana State University Billings →

Montana State University Billings notified affected individuals that an athletic department laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle on November 11, 2017. The laptop contained names, SSNs, DOBs, and health information. The university contacted law enforcement and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Nov 11, 2017

Begins

Nov 11, 2017

Discovered

Jan 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed202 affectedView incident

Name: Montana State University Billings
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Name: Montana State University Billings
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Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 11, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 12, 2018
Affected individuals: 202state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Began an investigation
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Moving toward full encryption of laptops for employees who travel
Reinforcing current policies regarding protecting university assets while traveling
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Montana-State-University-Billings.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 5, 2018
Raw hash: 7caee830f60b72b9acbdcf4d4ec19b549de069f5d721e27812ba331828461559

Reporting entityMontana State University Billings

Victim entityMontana State University Billings

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2017

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov