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SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 25, 2025

Filed

Oct 17, 2025

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected · nationwide

303266 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY →

Southern Methodist University based in Dallas, Texas, a educational institution entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2025-06-25 and reported on 2025-10-17. 266 Texas residents were affected. 303 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Social Security Number Information;Other;Date of Birth. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock✗ TX AG >30d16 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤ 16 weeks / 114 days

Jun 25, 2025

Begins

Jun 25, 2025

Discovered

Oct 17, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 16 · first
Texas State AG+1d · 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.