Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Academy of Art University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2016

Filed

Apr 12, 2016

To disclose

7 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Academy of Art University →2 incidents on file

Academy of Art University notified NH AG of a phishing incident on March 4, 2016, where an employee was spoofed into sending W-2 forms containing PII (name, address, SSN) to an unauthorized recipient. Discovered April 5, 2016. One NH resident affected. Law enforcement notified; identity protection services offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Mar 4, 2016

Begins

Apr 5, 2016

Discovered

Apr 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_85596cf9ebc7d5b22016-04-13 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_b772d22fc5686a102016-04-13 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c48e9329927ebeb02016-04-14 · +2dVerified

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art university
Domain: academyart.edu

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art university
Domain: academyart.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 5, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 4, 2016
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a thorough investigation
Contacted law enforcement and will cooperate in any investigation
Offered two-year membership in Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert identity protection product at no cost
Changes made: Comprehensive review of policies and procedures for safeguarding employees’ personal information
Additional training for employees with access to that information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/academy-of-art-20160412.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2016
Raw hash: d3abe11611cf9127f5dc47945f1e3f027e08acf51fc6ce17a2af4c8145c18643

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcademy of Art University

Victim entityAcademy of Art University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 5, 2016

Stated responseCommenced a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov