MalwareIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Stanford University's Department of Public Safety

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2023

Filed

Mar 11, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Stanford University's Department of Public Safety →

Stanford University's Department of Public Safety experienced a ransomware attack. Unauthorized access occurred between May 12, 2023, and September 27, 2023. The incident was discovered on September 27, 2023. Affected data included names and government identifiers. Stanford notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 138 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

May 12, 2023

Begins

Sep 27, 2023

Discovered

Mar 11, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_6e8f41e44561ba9b2024-03-11Verified

Name: Stanford University's Department of Public Safety
norm: stanford university s department of public safety

Name: Stanford University's Department of Public Safety
norm: stanford university s department of public safety

Discovered: Sep 27, 2023
Breach occurred: May 12, 2023 – Sep 27, 2023
Undetected for: 138 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal and local law enforcement

During the incident: Notified federal and local law enforcement
Began investigating the incident with the assistance of a respected forensic investigator
Worked with external cybersecurity experts to terminate the unauthorized access
Changes made: Further enhancing its security safeguards
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 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 AGMar 11 · first

Montana State AGMar 11 · 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-1172.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2024
Raw hash: 9c941a3fed824a22853c2771dd95d6496d47196bd3eebc481bd4d43a2f256272

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStanford University's Department of Public Safety

Victim entityStanford University's Department of Public Safety

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2023

Stated responseNotified federal and local law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov