HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Faulkner University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 22, 2022

Filed

Jun 7, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Faulkner University →

Faulkner University notified affected individuals of a data security incident occurring on or about April 18, 2022. Unauthorized parties may have accessed personal information including name, variable text, and student ID numbers. The University engaged outside experts, changed passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Apr 18, 2022

Begins

Apr 22, 2022

Discovered

Jun 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_fb8ac4e1a9a76ca52022-06-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b59721a9cd90118a2022-06-06 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_611280c2687757f62022-06-14 · +7dVerified

Name: Faulkner University
norm: faulkner university

Name: Faulkner University
norm: faulkner university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2022
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Passwords were changed
The unauthorized access was blocked
Outside technical experts were also engaged to further investigate and evaluate the nature and scope of the incident
Offering you ... of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Experian
Changes made: Working closely with these experts to remediate this event and to further harden the University’s defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 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 AGJun 6 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jun 6 (IN), last Jun 14 (MA) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Faulkner-University-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 7, 2022
Raw hash: 17e2db653976719cd84061c2a2511f80cb3afaa09bf1ca2cd4527138586edd68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFaulkner University

Victim entityFaulkner University

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2022

Stated responsePasswords were changed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov