UnknownEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Life University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 30, 2024

Filed

Apr 2, 2025

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Life University →2 incidents on file

Life University notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on July 30, 2024, involving unauthorized access to account numbers, routing numbers, and names. The university disconnected network access and engaged third-party cybersecurity firms for forensic investigation. No specific malware or attack vector was identified. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday35 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 246 days

Jul 30, 2024

Discovered

Apr 2, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemetaencryptorbd_560343fb2a7546af2024-08-22 · +222dVerified

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_25ec9a7bb91564ca2025-04-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_754d891f1ea8dbd12025-04-02Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_ebc6cea3185d9e392025-04-02Verified

Name: Life University
norm: life university
Domain: life.edu

Name: Life University
norm: life university
Domain: life.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 30, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 2, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm and IT personnel to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged a third-party vendor to review the data that was compromised
Engaged a third-party notice vendor to assist with the mailings, call center, and provide identity theft protection services
Providing 12 Months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through HaystackID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(246 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGApr 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 2 · first

Indiana State AGApr 2 · first

Vermont State AGApr 2 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-02-life-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2025
Raw hash: bf597bad729a3635dd50037e72b1e57428e61353070efc82d3af3d39a0f919fa

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLife University

Victim entityLife University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov