HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIILowResolved

LEE UNIVERSITY

bd_d5f5a1eec1591b7c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 26, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for LEE UNIVERSITY →

In March 2024, Lee University experienced a security incident involving a third-party software vulnerability that allowed unauthorized access to university systems and potential downloading of university data. A comprehensive data review concluded in March 2025. Notification letters were sent to affected individuals on March 24, 2025, offering IDX identity protection services. The incident involved PII of an unspecified number of individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Mar 9, 2024

Begins

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by medusa about this victim predates this filing by 342 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_04edd7df916f70a02025-03-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_37ece777e49ea0462025-03-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_96bc7c394d2c81b32025-03-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_b3e570950a87e26f2025-03-26Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 393d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_300a9184d4bcd0812025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e6cb9d5990cf5492025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8cdee20d984ad4d92025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_daa4525b9e17e7cc2025-03-24 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_999367d5f3b9dbb72025-03-31 · +5dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_81b8b7e84bde761c2026-04-23 · +393dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Detected the third-party vulnerability and contained the incident
Launched an investigation with the support of industry-leading cybersecurity experts
Launched a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data to identify individuals whose information was involved
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX, including credit and CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing enhanced security measures to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Vermont State AGMar 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

California State AG+2d · this page

South Carolina State AG+7d

Maryland State AG+395d

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (VT), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 395-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-600391
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2025
Raw hash: e2d3f231e0bb56b9146f7adb4b152bebdca9626b96abacd548f930fcdc1b8e68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityLEE UNIVERSITY

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseDetected the third-party vulnerability and contained the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov