MisuseEducationEducationTheftEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kaplan University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 4, 2014

Filed

Feb 11, 2015

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Kaplan University →2 incidents on file

Kaplan University notified the NH Attorney General of a breach involving a former employee stealing hardcopy documents containing students' names and SSNs. One NH resident affected. Notification sent Feb 11, 2015, after a law enforcement stay was lifted. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 252 days

Jun 4, 2014

Discovered

Feb 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Kaplan University
norm: kaplan university
Domain: kaplan.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Kaplan University
norm: kaplan university
Domain: kaplan.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 11, 2015
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph FosterPreviously notified under law enforcement stay of notice from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division (VA OIG/CID)
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided the New Hampshire resident with written notice of this incident
Offered the resident a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Provided dedicated call center support
Advised the resident about the process for placing a fraud alert on their credit files
Advised the resident about placing a security freeze
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Offered complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID® Alert
Provided information on enrolling in credit monitoring
Provided tips to protect personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(252 days from discovery to filing)
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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kaplan-university-20150211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2015
Raw hash: 96518f278151dbf42b5c61ea1e9ed92e40a432c286a7f112be1278844d45f738

Reporting entityKaplan University

Victim entityKaplan University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2014

Stated responseProvided the New Hampshire resident with written notice of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov