HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

University of St. Thomas - Houston

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2025

Filed

May 27, 2026

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of St. Thomas - Houston →

University of St. Thomas-Houston notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting 6 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between July 25, 2025, and August 12, 2025. Impacted data included names, SSNs, DOBs, financial account info, and health insurance info. USTH engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 288 days

Jul 25, 2025

Begins

Aug 12, 2025

Discovered

May 27, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

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

Texas State AGbd_c8affa11c4871b0d2026-05-28 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_037d756f27dcba8f2026-05-26 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_3dbc3d21cb3f1e7f2026-05-26 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_a02c5ca4989a76f72026-05-26 · +1dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 79d gap

Washington State AGbd_aa6bab5dc73a3b932026-05-26 · +1dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_eb6d1710110075d12026-05-26 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f485349c6738905a2026-05-26 · +1dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_ade2037bf6e501992026-03-09 · +79dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: University of St. Thomas - Houston
norm: university of st thomas houston
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2025 – Aug 12, 2025
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust BureauNotified federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure its network
Began working with third-party specialists
Notified law enforcement
Undertook a thorough and time-intensive review of the files impacted
Notified federal law enforcement
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional technical security measures to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Texas State AGMar 9 · first

Indiana State AG+78d

Vermont State AG+78d

Maine State AG+78d

Washington State AG+78d

Nebraska State AG+78d

Massachusetts State AG+78d

New Hampshire State AG+79d · this page

Texas State AG+80d

Pattern: first filing Mar 9 (TX), last May 28 (TX) — a 80-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/university-st-thomas-houston-20260527.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 27, 2026
Raw hash: ecdc43e07c4158e89dff5ba6ece322c2cd9827d71e768f1c04e286a3c388b61f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityUniversity of St. Thomas - Houston

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov