MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Oklahoma Baptist University

bd_bcc46f2c5e37574c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 15, 2023

Filed

Sep 12, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Oklahoma Baptist University →2 incidents on file

Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) reported a ransomware attack occurring between April 28 and June 1, 2023, as part of a nationwide campaign against universities. OBU discovered unauthorized access and potential data exfiltration on June 15, 2023. The incident affected 11 New Hampshire residents, whose PII was accessed. OBU shut down its network, engaged outside experts, and sent notification letters on August 31, 2023, offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Apr 28, 2023

Begins

Jun 15, 2023

Discovered

Sep 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 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

Montana State AGbd_41c600544a839cbf2023-09-06 · +6dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_0b8cde24677c0e382023-08-31 · +12dVerified

Name: Oklahoma Baptist University
norm: oklahoma baptist university

Name: Oklahoma Baptist University
norm: oklahoma baptist university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 28, 2023 – Jun 1, 2023
Undetected for: 48 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with New Hampshire Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Immediately shut down its network
Launched an investigation
Engaged a group of outside IT solution experts to eradicate the ransomware and to rebuild, restore, and upgrade the security of our network
Sent notification letters to the affected New Hampshire residents offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Enhancing its administrative and technical security protocols including network upgrades, multi-factor authentication, and data encryption
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 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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Indiana State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (IN), last Sep 12 (NH) — a 12-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/oklahoma-baptist-university-20230912.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 12, 2023
Raw hash: 91b1a80e60f7d64cdb7083f914bb4c290f767d183e3548b8328f535832256254

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOklahoma Baptist University

Victim entityOklahoma Baptist University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2023

Stated responseImmediately shut down its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov