HackingFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

University of Massachusetts Athletics

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 4, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

16state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for University of Massachusetts Athletics →

University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletics Department notified affected individuals on April 29, 2026, regarding a data security event exposing names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and bank account/routing numbers. The university offered two years of complimentary Experian IdentityWorks membership. The incident is contained, with additional safeguards implemented.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 4, 2026

Filed

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Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16 affectedView incident

Name: University of Massachusetts Athletics
norm: university of massachusetts athletics
Domain: umassathletics.com

Name: University of Massachusetts Athletics
norm: university of massachusetts athletics
Domain: umassathletics.com

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2026
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offering you a complimentary two-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-686-university-of-massachusetts-amherst-athletics/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 4, 2026
Raw hash: f19ae79a6d0c1432983eceaa438cbdfee75bc705bbe62c4a70ffc70b1785798a

Reporting entityUniversity of Massachusetts Athletics

Victim entityUniversity of Massachusetts Athletics

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseOffering you a complimentary two-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov