Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Gonzaga University

bd_f8ccd6288f9aba2c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 6, 2020

Filed

Feb 1, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

24state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gonzaga University →2 incidents on file

Gonzaga University notified affected individuals of a phishing incident resulting in unauthorized access to an employee email account on August 6, 2020. The breach exposed personal information including names and contact details. The university secured the account, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 24 months of identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

Aug 6, 2020

Begins

Aug 6, 2020

Discovered

Feb 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_80468b6949b7042f2021-02-01Verified
Washington State AGbd_9153b099d4a278322021-02-01Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9cf0497211b492e22021-02-01Verified

Name: Gonzaga University
norm: gonzaga university

Name: Gonzaga University
norm: gonzaga university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 6, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 24state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified government regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the affected email account
Work with a computer forensics specialist
Conducted a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email account
Conducted a thorough manual review of our records
Notified government regulators
Offering you access to 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures to include additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 1 · first

Washington State AGFeb 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 1 · first

Montana State AGFeb 1 · 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/gonzSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 1, 2021
Raw hash: 0bf859f2fa36c4b4a27cec2c3d069d56896a9a19b09289d340b90052ea84519b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGonzaga University

Victim entityGonzaga University

Incidentdiscovered Aug 6, 2020

Stated responseSecured the affected email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov