HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsEmploymentEducationMediumContained

LEE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 24, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LEE UNIVERSITY →

Lee University experienced a security incident in March 2024 involving a third-party software vulnerability that impacted local systems. An investigation revealed that some university data may have been downloaded. The incident was contained, and a comprehensive data review concluded in March 2025. Affected individuals are being offered identity theft protection services.

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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 1, 2024

Begins

Mar 24, 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 340 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_300a9184d4bcd0812025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e6cb9d5990cf5492025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8cdee20d984ad4d92025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_04edd7df916f70a02025-03-26 · +2dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 395d gap

Maine State AGbd_37ece777e49ea0462025-03-26 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_96bc7c394d2c81b32025-03-26 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_b3e570950a87e26f2025-03-26 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_d5f5a1eec1591b7c2025-03-26 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_999367d5f3b9dbb72025-03-31 · +7dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_81b8b7e84bde761c2026-04-23 · +395dVerified

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 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsEmploymentEducation
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Contained the incident
Launched an investigation with the support of industry-leading cybersecurity experts
Launched a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing enhanced security measures
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

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGMar 24 · first · this page

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

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-03-24-lee-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: Mar 24, 2025
Raw hash: bd47d564675637eac731244daf3ce0ed6ac69b0a2367f9e4ca252f88a3533f59

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityLEE UNIVERSITY

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov