AccidentalEducationEducationMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Western Michigan University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2009

Filed

Dec 22, 2009

To disclose

8 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Western Michigan University →3 incidents on file

Western Michigan University inadvertently exposed student employees' names, addresses, and Social Security numbers on a web page for a brief period. Discovered Dec 14, 2009. ID Experts notified NH AG on Dec 22, 2009. 1 NH resident affected. Data removed immediately; no evidence of misuse. Credit monitoring and identity theft protection offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Dec 14, 2009

Discovered

Dec 22, 2009

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_5aeb5d377cf3f1c82009-12-28 · +6dVerified

Name: ID Experts
norm: id experts

Name: Western Michigan University
norm: western michigan university
Domain: wmich.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2009
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Regulator citations: Notified Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office

During the incident: Information was removed immediately upon discovery
Conducted thorough investigation
Contracted with ID Experts to provide identity theft protection and restoration services
Provided a one-year membership in identity theft protection and restoration program
Provided 12 months of credit monitoring
Provided fraud restoration services
Provided $30,000 insurance reimbursement component
Changes made: Secured robust protection for those affected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 22 (NH), last Dec 28 (MA) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/western-michigan-university-2091222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 22, 2009
Raw hash: 5ee310d561a4a0f7110af8dd00f827926d3f2da6f5f7edcc989fc7ebc9eba7e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityID Experts

Victim entityWestern Michigan University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2009

Stated responseInformation was removed immediately upon discovery

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov