AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)EducationLowContained

Stanford University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 24, 2023

Filed

Feb 17, 2023

To disclose

24 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Stanford University →8 incidents on file

Stanford University notified applicants that a misconfigured folder on its Department of Economics website exposed Ph.D. application files from Dec 5, 2022, to Jan 24, 2023. Data included names, DOB, addresses, and education records. Two downloads occurred. Stanford restricted access, updated security policies, retrained staff, and offered IDX identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d24 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Dec 5, 2022

Begins

Jan 24, 2023

Discovered

Feb 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 56 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_5a04a018ef4b6e9d2022-12-22 · +56dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_574c6f65e7105aa02023-02-17Verified by operator

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu

Name: Stanford University
norm: stanford university
Domain: stanford.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2022 – Jan 24, 2023
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Education
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Updating processes and policies related to electronic file storage security
Retraining faculty and staff on the policies
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Updating processes and policies related to electronic file storage security
Retraining faculty and staff on the policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 17 · first

Montana State AGFeb 17 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-78.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2023
Raw hash: 921dd150bbd5bf42d6bc16247dd08e2cef5f10b64bf5d79b40434931e43e903c

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStanford University

Victim entityStanford University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2023

Stated responseUpdating processes and policies related to electronic file storage security

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov