HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Webber International University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

May 24, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Webber International University →

Webber International University notified consumers of a data breach occurring around February 28, 2024. An unauthorized party copied files from the university's network. The data involved names and potentially other personal information. The university engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement and regulators, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 86 days

Feb 28, 2024

Discovered

May 24, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhouse about this victim was first seen 88 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhousebd_3761a43a780cd8d12024-01-20 · +125dCandidate

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5be8d84ae0c3f7562024-05-24Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_c3d7d06dd4c2c9fc2024-05-24Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_dad306ab979f6d792024-05-24Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_deb8f9a25d9816542024-05-24Verified by operator

Name: Webber International University
norm: webber international university
Domain: webber.edu

Name: Webber International University
norm: webber international university
Domain: webber.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 24, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident, working with third-party specialists
Conducted a thorough review of the relevant files to determine what information was present and to whom it relates
Worked to locate address information to provide individuals with notice
Notified law enforcement
Notified relevant state and federal regulators
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Assessed the security of relevant systems
Reviewing existing procedures related to data security
Implementing additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(86 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMay 24 · first

Indiana State AGMay 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 24 · first

Maine State AGMay 24 · first

Vermont State AGMay 24 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-05-24-webber-international-university-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2024
Raw hash: 4cb54ad30a1d5ec2eb2bf872e3f94f9effd0a82749ef56649b634dacc19626db

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWebber International University

Victim entityWebber International University

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident, working with third-party specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov