Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Tuskegee University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2018

Filed

Jun 22, 2018

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Tuskegee University →2 incidents on file

Tuskegee University notified the NH AG of a phishing attack compromising 48 faculty/staff email accounts (Sept 2017–Mar 2018). 2 NH residents affected. Data exposed: names, addresses, SSNs. Tuskegee engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, implemented MFA, and offered 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 169 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Sep 24, 2017

Begins

Mar 12, 2018

Discovered

Jun 22, 2018

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

California State AGbd_72424c9d3b8c8e3d2018-06-22Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_d3ad3a17f038a4d42018-06-22Verified

Name: Tuskegee University
norm: tuskegee university
Domain: tuskegee.edu

Name: Tuskegee University
norm: tuskegee university
Domain: tuskegee.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2017 – Mar 22, 2018
Undetected for: 169 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation to confirm the security of their network
Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Changed the log-in credentials for those email accounts impacted by this incident
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Enhancing security controls
Implementing additional controls, including use of multi-factor authentications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 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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California State AGJun 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 22 · first · this page

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/tuskegee-university-20180622.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2018
Raw hash: ebd4ba3037fcdbbb504bf2f10c402ac91bff5587c2b551deb58e2fbc773b318c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTuskegee University

Victim entityTuskegee University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to confirm the security of their network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov