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University of Southern California
University of Southern California notified California AG on May 5, 2022 of a data breach, which occurred on Sep 28, 2021. Data exposed: Name.
All 4 filings by University of Southern California, state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)
- Organization
- University of Southern California
- Source
- California AG · source record
- Date reported
- May 5, 2022
- Date(s) of breach
- Tuesday, September 28, 2021
- Residents affected
- Not published by this source
- Data exposed
- Name
- Notice letter
- Sample notice (PDF)
- Discovered
- Oct 1, 2021, as stated in the letter"On October 1, 2021, USC learned that a professor lost an external hard drive on or about September 28, 2021."
- Days to notice
- 216 days from discovery (Oct 1, 2021) to the California record (May 5, 2022). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
- Offered in the letter
- credit or identity monitoring through Experian
- First seen by BreachTally
- 2026-10-30 16:02 UTC
Dates and counts as filed by the organization with the agency. The breach window and the report date often differ by months.
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Other filings by University of Southern California
| Organization | State | Reported | Residents affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | CA | Dec 22, 2021 | Not published |
| University of Southern California, on behalf of KUSC | CA | Jul 11, 2016 | Not published |
| University of Southern California | CA | Jun 29, 2012 | Not published |
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