HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

BYU-Pathway

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 17, 2025

Filed

Jul 18, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BYU-Pathway →

BYU-Pathway Worldwide detected unauthorized network access on June 17, 2025, involving a compromised vendor account. The incident affected student personal data, including names, SSNs, contact info, and educational records. Access was removed on June 24, 2025. The organization engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring to affected students.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 17, 2025 → Notified Jul 14, 202527d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jun 17, 2025

Begins

Jun 17, 2025

Discovered

Jul 18, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6da270133e0e60072025-07-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a0434159e13d42682025-07-21 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b71b8ff0743a4a52025-07-22 · +4dVerified
Texas State AGbd_db8c1de2569f654d2025-07-22 · +4dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_1fe33b05c99617d12025-07-14 · +4dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_25f637a3dd569afe2025-07-14 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3269f8329e9ed7682025-07-14 · +4dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_e42b1525a188dad82025-07-14 · +4dVerified

Name: BYU-Pathway
norm: byu pathway
Domain: byupathway.edu

Name: BYU-Pathway
norm: byu pathway
Domain: byupathway.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEducation
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement authorities in the United StatesNotified state attorneys general, credit reporting agencies, or other regulatory authorities where legally required
Third party: via Unknown vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Removed the vendor’s access to any personal information
Notified federal law enforcement authorities in the United States
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Initiated our incident response procedures
Notified state attorneys general, credit reporting agencies, or other regulatory authorities where legally required
Offering complimentary credit monitoring to further protect your identity
Changes made: Further enhance the security of BYU-Pathway’s data and IT systems, including vendor access
Security measures have been reemphasized to protect against similar breaches in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 27d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 17, 2025
→ Notified: Jul 14, 2025
27d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 17, 2025 → Notified: Jul 14, 2025	27d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Washington State AGJul 14 · first

Montana State AGJul 14 · first

Indiana State AGJul 14 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 14 · first

Maine State AG+4d

California State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Texas State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (WA), last Jul 22 (TX) — a 8-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-605664
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 18, 2025
Raw hash: 8803bc25294e0e4f86f084cbb872daa06a5122ccc75a85d2d015155321e38e16

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYU-Pathway

Victim entityBYU-Pathway

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2025

Stated responseRemoved the vendor’s access to any personal information

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov