DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Michigan State University

bd_fb6e2882b767c4e4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 25, 2020

Filed

Feb 6, 2021

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,2761 in this filing

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Michigan State University →5 incidents on file

Michigan State University reported an external system breach (hacking) on 05/25/2020 affecting 7,276 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The breach compromised names and financial account numbers (combined with security codes/PINs). Notification was sent electronically on 02/08/2021, and 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks were provided.

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d37 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 257 days

May 25, 2020

Begins

May 25, 2020

Discovered

Feb 6, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,276 affectedView incident
A leak claim by netwalker about this victim was first seen 254 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

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.