HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Dordt University

bd_c55fef997b0eabee · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 21, 2024

Filed

Jul 11, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Dordt University →

Dordt University notified affected individuals of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized network access between April 21, 2024, and May 16, 2024. The breach impacted personal information, including names, of individuals across multiple states. Dordt engaged external cybersecurity professionals and offered complimentary credit monitoring services via Experian IdentityWorks. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Apr 21, 2024

Begins

Apr 21, 2024

Discovered

Jul 11, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim predates this filing by 421 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_d0d992f6c461f22d2024-06-13 · +392dVerified

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_060b833b230450e02025-07-11Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_2abad22a3c9615302025-07-11Verified
Iowa State AGbd_3653c200fae093ee2025-07-11Verified
Vermont State AGbd_6f18f3025e517d282025-07-11Verified

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California State AGbd_71bbecd3bb9d96242025-07-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_a4a7861df82a09662025-07-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_b741ab122940b3dd2025-07-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e69c5f9dec9100652025-07-12 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_a8141d28b381978b2025-07-15 · +4dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Dordt University
norm: dordt university
Domain: dordt.edu

Name: Dordt University
norm: dordt university
Domain: dordt.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2024 – May 16, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 19, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Offered complimentary Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B membership
Changes made: Evaluated and modified practices to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Washington State AGJul 11 · first

Indiana State AGJul 11 · first

Iowa State AGJul 11 · first

Vermont State AGJul 11 · first

California State AGJul 11 · first

Maine State AGJul 11 · first

Montana State AGJul 11 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+4d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/f8dfd7b4-f876-4814-9011-9a36d8b174e0.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 11, 2025
Raw hash: 0dc6d1e07eedcd382e42aad7f20c3b0314c440c03ced5d156517d636bdb22708

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDordt University

Victim entityDordt University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2024

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov