Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 24, 2017

Filed

Mar 6, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2571 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC. →

University of Idaho notified NH AG of a phishing incident detected Jan 24, 2017. An employee's credentials were compromised via a spoofed Office 365 portal, exposing PII (names, SSNs, bank accounts) of 257 individuals. Notification sent March 6, 2017, including 1 NH resident. Remediation included password reset, forensic investigation, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Jan 24, 2017

Discovered

Mar 6, 2017

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c7355d21af16330e2017-03-06Verified
Montana State AGbd_eda16960607ca62d2017-03-06Candidate

Name: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: university of idaho

Name: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: university of idaho
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 257state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation and hired a leading computer security firm to assist
Employee’s password was changed to prevent any further access to the email account
Provided written notification via U.S. Mail
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian
Changes made: Evaluating business practices
Reeducating its employees regarding phishing emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 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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Massachusetts State AGMar 6 · first

Montana State AGMar 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 6 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

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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/university-idaho-20170306.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2017
Raw hash: d64d453ef7eea82ada808e93d7d75598511ca8e39716658d2add3e0bec619b37

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC.

Victim entityUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation and hired a leading computer security firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov