PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MinorHighContained

Washington State University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

Jun 9, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

6,498state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Washington State University →4 incidents on file

Washington State University notified individuals that a locked safe containing a hard drive with backed-up files from the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center was stolen on or before April 21, 2017. The drive contained unencrypted personal information including names and addresses of survey participants and minors. The University notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of credit monitoring/identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Apr 21, 2017

Discovered

Jun 9, 2017

Filed

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This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_132ad94645a603f12017-06-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5e2aa4710835d8a72017-06-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6da427d5a38a2db02017-06-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_e1b79e33bbbba8a12017-06-09Verified

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Washington State AGbd_3150481dda6620ee2017-06-08 · +1dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_a50278d8cbb68ba32017-06-12 · +3dVerified

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu

Name: Washington State University
norm: washington state university
Domain: wsu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 6,498state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Minor
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified local law enforcement

During the incident: Initiated an internal review
Notified local law enforcement
Retained a leading computer forensics firm to assist in the investigation
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s Family Secure
Changes made: Strengthen our information technology operations by completing a comprehensive assessment of IT practices and policies
Improving training and awareness for university employees regarding best practices for handling data
Employing best practices for the delivery of IT services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGJun 8 · first

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/Washington-State-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2017
Raw hash: f81071686729d7c02f351f1bd78531e016fd4f9845e482f0496955934a908299

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State University

Victim entityWashington State University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal review

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov