AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountPIILowContained

Seattle University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 25, 2014

Filed

Jul 17, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Seattle University →3 incidents on file

Seattle University notified NH AG of a data security issue on May 25, 2014, involving incorrect permission settings on an internal drive. Scanned checks from donors were viewable by users with university computer accounts. 9 NH residents affected. Data included names, bank routing, and checking account numbers. No SSNs or credit card numbers exposed. Incident contained; manual review conducted.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

May 25, 2014

Discovered

Jul 17, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9 affectedView incident

Name: Seattle University
norm: seattle university

Name: Seattle University
norm: seattle university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 25, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2014
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountPII
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Corrected permission settings
Hired attorneys to conduct a manual review
Provided dedicated call center support
Advised residents to place a fraud alert on their credit files
Advised residents to obtain a free credit report
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Recommended residents consider calling their banking institution to change bank account number
Changes made: Significant investments made to upgrade technology infrastructure
Strengthened safeguards for protecting information
Additional safeguards put in place to prevent similar situations
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/seattle-university-20140717.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2014
Raw hash: 3b27251407454a776a78a66f60ff45b66997da848113f75c88e9664b5cc409c1

Reporting entitySeattle University

Victim entitySeattle University

Incidentdiscovered May 25, 2014

Stated responseCorrected permission settings

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov