AccidentalEducationEducationMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Academy of Art University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 8, 2017

Filed

Nov 17, 2017

To disclose

9 days

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Academy of Art University notified employees that on November 8, 2017, an employee mistakenly sent an internal email containing a spreadsheet with names and Social Security numbers. The email was sent to unintended recipients within the Academy. The email was recalled, deleted, and affected individuals were offered two years of Experian identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 days

Nov 8, 2017

Begins

Nov 8, 2017

Discovered

Nov 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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_bc94d46e249e58ec2017-11-17Verified

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art
Domain: academyart.edu
Industry: education

Name: Academy of Art University
norm: academy of art
Domain: academyart.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 21state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Recalled the mistakenly sent e-mail
IT department took additional steps to permanently delete the e-mail
Providing an Experian identity-protection product at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 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 AGNov 17 · first

Montana State AGNov 17 · 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/Academy-of-Art-University-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2017
Raw hash: dd6a9fd6e76e64b0d031b796d382b7537d3b37a41bfbfc25c982ad654d981f14

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcademy of Art University

Victim entityAcademy of Art University

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2017

Stated responseRecalled the mistakenly sent e-mail

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov