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AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

California State University Northridge

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2016

Filed

May 5, 2016

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for California State University Northridge →

California State University Northridge (CSUN) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach involving EOP student applicant records. On April 5, 2016, CSUN discovered that an ID and password were mistakenly published on an internal-facing staff webpage, potentially allowing unauthorized access to personal information including names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. CSUN immediately reconfigured the website and deactivated the credentials. No evidence of malicious hacking was found. Affected individuals were offered one year of complimentary identity protection services.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Apr 5, 2016

Discovered

May 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.