HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Wichita State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2019

Filed

Mar 10, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

355state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Wichita State University →

Wichita State University notified affected individuals of a December 2019 unauthorized access to a server hosting student and employee portals. The incident exposed names, emails, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. WSU engaged forensic investigators, secured the server, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

Dec 3, 2019

Begins

Mar 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_82118c71bc5a0a662020-03-10Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_729c391cf2ae85532020-03-11 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_97ebb7cfed9559392020-03-11 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0b3a43eb7531bc0f2020-03-13 · +3dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_434b4c9bf8d6d5392020-03-06 · +4dVerified

Name: Wichita State University
norm: wichita state university

Name: Wichita State University
norm: wichita state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2019 – Dec 5, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2020
Affected individuals: 355state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the affected server
Engaged a leading computer forensic firm to investigate the incident
Performed a comprehensive review of the server
Offered identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Enhanced existing security protocols
Re-educated staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Changes made: Enhanced existing security protocols
Re-educated staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMar 6 · first

Washington State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d · this page

Oregon State AG+5d

California State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (IN), last Mar 13 (MA) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/General-Notice-74.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2020
Raw hash: 489f97963fa7f4122ffdd62b8712d9dfe2eada8dd6c5403f82fd199db748c480

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWichita State University

Victim entityWichita State University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2019

Stated responseSecured the affected server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov