HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Wilkes University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2025

Filed

Oct 8, 2025

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Wilkes University →

Wilkes University notified Vermont consumers of a data breach occurring on or about October 1, 2025. The incident involved unauthorized access to personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. The university offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and established a toll-free response line for affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday7 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 days

Oct 1, 2025

Discovered

Oct 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2db65b528a708d272025-10-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_5791e3c640c79bfb2025-10-08Candidate
Montana State AGbd_851c220f392a77022025-10-08Verified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_8c385c92f9ce205d2025-10-08Verified

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Maine State AGbd_aa2c70d389b3dc002025-10-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_03e4afc59422413b2025-10-09 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_4abfa14e2a8b236a2025-10-09 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1e62ba2bdea401e22025-10-14 · +6dVerified

Name: Wilkes University
norm: wilkes university
Domain: wilkes.edu

Name: Wilkes University
norm: wilkes university
Domain: wilkes.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 8, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Offering one (1)-Year Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGOct 8 · first

Maine State AGOct 8 · first

Montana State AGOct 8 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 8 · first

Maine State AGOct 8 · first

Vermont State AGOct 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (IN), last Oct 14 (NH) — 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-10-08-wilkes-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: Oct 8, 2025
Raw hash: e598303a58d36bda1bb4f8f5437144ba86ed72352ca3c5781d61e4446e96f558

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilkes University

Victim entityWilkes University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2025

Stated responseSet up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov