Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Syracuse University

bd_ef9604bdadc4fe71 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

Feb 5, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Syracuse University →3 incidents on file

Syracuse University notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account between September 24-28, 2020. The unauthorized access was likely achieved via phishing. The university secured the account, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 102 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Sep 24, 2020

Begins

Jan 4, 2021

Discovered

Feb 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_05a44b36da3cd5782021-02-05Verified
Indiana State AGbd_10d98e41778e1e7f2021-02-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a6e98119fcfc2f2c2021-02-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_aa2df12c61e3af5f2021-02-05Candidate

Name: Syracuse University
norm: syracuse university

Name: Syracuse University
norm: syracuse university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2020 – Sep 28, 2020
Undetected for: 102 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Hiring additional resources for cybersecurity training
Providing additional training on cybersecurity and phishing for all of our employees with access to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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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California State AGFeb 5 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

Maine State AGFeb 5 · first

Montana State AGFeb 5 · 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/cuse-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2021
Raw hash: 6ca9f423966a14f1926bb60d67c0807c7833e4a156b9f57128950f20ebc65ea5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySyracuse University

Victim entitySyracuse University

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov