HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

D'Youville University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 8, 2023

Filed

Jun 7, 2023

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for D'Youville University →

D'Youville University discovered suspicious network activity on February 8, 2023. An investigation determined that an unknown actor acquired certain files containing student names and Social Security numbers on that date. The university engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and implemented security upgrades including EDR/MXDR tools. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Feb 8, 2023

Begins

Feb 8, 2023

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Name: D'Youville University
norm: d youville university

Name: D'Youville University
norm: d youville university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 8, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 8, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 7, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a thorough review of the data stored within these files to determine the type of information contained therein and to whom that information relates to
Changes made: Deployment of an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) tool on our systems
Upgrades to our security hardware
Further network hardening and inspection policies and technologies
Revisions to our internal policies regarding the receipt of sensitive data
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for twelve (12) months through Experian at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-06-07-dyouville-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 7, 2023
Raw hash: 3dfd36e8de5f1cdd49eefb9e303442c6841f14fd75af6c78b3c7c8ba6e1d6c00

Reporting entityD'Youville University

Victim entityD'Youville University

Incidentdiscovered Feb 8, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov