Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Thomas Edison State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 26, 2018

Filed

Feb 13, 2018

To disclose

18 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Thomas Edison State University →

Thomas Edison State University notified affected individuals of a data breach where an employee's email account was compromised via phishing. The incident, detected on January 26, 2018, exposed names and Social Security numbers. The university engaged legal counsel, notified NJ State Police, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jan 26, 2018

Discovered

Feb 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_f0df385cf2308afa2018-02-14 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_966d21c3d82be0302018-02-16 · +3dVerified

Name: Thomas Edison State University
norm: thomas edison state university
Domain: tesu.edu

Name: Thomas Edison State University
norm: thomas edison state university
Domain: tesu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the New Jersey State Police
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained a leading cybersecurity law firm to assist us
Reported this incident to the New Jersey State Police
Arranged to have Experian protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Review our existing safeguards, policies, and procedures
Implement additional protections to secure further the data in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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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Montana State AGFeb 13 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/Thomas-Edison-State-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 13, 2018
Raw hash: bac1ea2e71c45e254bde3819b0e42fbda93f684d322a0d14f41ba486097cfa46

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThomas Edison State University

Victim entityThomas Edison State University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2018

Stated responseRetained a leading cybersecurity law firm to assist us

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov