HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Stratford University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 27, 2022

Filed

Jan 26, 2023

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Stratford University →2 incidents on file

Stratford University notified consumers of a data security incident detected on August 27, 2022. An unauthorized individual accessed systems on August 26, 2022, obtaining personal information from the student database. The university engaged third-party forensic experts and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 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

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Aug 26, 2022

Begins

Aug 27, 2022

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by revil about this victim predates this filing by 279 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_de866ea760ad44772022-12-26 · +31dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_f0d826948a0727a42023-01-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_ffc379629d3ab65a2023-01-26Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_52184867a219f8722023-01-30 · +4dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_c0e4810c2afcc5f62023-02-09 · +14dVerified by operator

Name: Stratford University
norm: stratford university

Name: Stratford University
norm: stratford university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 26, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 26, 2023
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the incident with the assistance of third-party independent cybersecurity experts
Engaged third-party forensic experts to assist in the investigation
Provided you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Providing a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Changes made: Took immediate steps to secure our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · first

Vermont State AGJan 26 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (ME), last Feb 9 (ME) — a 14-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-01-26-stratford-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2023
Raw hash: 34893ffcaa771717aa9ff27da506d9d106d2e3292f1e8f16061fddadb9c4bfa5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStratford University

Victim entityStratford University

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the incident with the assistance of third-party independent cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov