HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 16, 2021

Filed

Apr 12, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for YESHIVA UNIVERSITY →4 incidents on file

Yeshiva University notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Accellion, Inc. Unauthorized parties exploited a vulnerability in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) between December 21-23, 2020. Yeshiva discovered the potential unauthorized access on February 16, 2021. The breach affected two New Hampshire residents, exposing names, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. Yeshiva took the FTA offline, launched an investigation, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 57 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Dec 21, 2020

Begins

Feb 16, 2021

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_247fd2280928f77a2021-04-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_33cff4e471c3dd412021-04-12Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4194538bb1be615b2021-04-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_f97b642bd0311ddd2021-04-12Candidate

Name: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
norm: yeshiva university

Name: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
norm: yeshiva university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2020 – Dec 23, 2020
Undetected for: 57 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Discontinued use of the Accellion FTA
Launched an investigation
Established a toll-free, incident response call center
Offered the individuals a complimentary membership to Experian, which include credit monitoring and fraud protection services
Permanently taken the Accellion FTA offline
Changes made: Permanently taken the Accellion FTA offline
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 12 · first

Montana State AGApr 12 · first

Indiana State AGApr 12 · first

Maine State AGApr 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/yeshiva-20200412.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2021
Raw hash: 77d5d62bb7bf04cc2cca7d256fa00faec7ceef65dada98300aa1161d3aa38850

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYESHIVA UNIVERSITY

Victim entityYESHIVA UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 16, 2021

Stated responseDiscontinued use of the Accellion FTA

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov