Supply chain [SC] Supply Chain

EdFinancial and Oklahoma Student Loan Authority Third-Party Breach (July 2022)

2022-07-01 [vendor] Nelnet Servicing
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Incident Details

Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records. 2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line. EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) are notifying over 2.5 million loanees that their personal data was exposed in a data breach. The target of the breach was Nelnet Servicing, the Lincoln, Neb.-based servicing system and web portal provider for OSLA and EdFinancial, according to a breach disclosure letter. Third-party company: Nelnet Servicing.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
Nelnet Servicing
Supply Chain Attack
✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2022-07-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-08-31 Publicly disclosed