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Taylor University data breach

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Taylor University (United States) notified the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 4 December 2023. It told the states about 1,066 Washington residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 26 February 2023, 281 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
1,066 Washington residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
4 December 2023
Breach began
26 February 2023
Time to tell
281 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang Moneymessage named Taylor University on its leak site on 3 September 2023, 92 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

What changed since it was first reported

  1. Confirmed breach, 1,066 Washington residents (Washington Attorney General)

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

If Taylor University had your data

  1. Look for Taylor University’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Taylor University has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Taylor University, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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