A lawsuit over Virginia Union University’s handling of a 2023 data breach appears to have ended two weeks ago after both sides filed a joint notice of settlement and a motion to pause further proceedings. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

“Plaintiffs Ali Mgaresh and Jeffrey Minter and Defendant Virginia Union University, hereby notify the Court that the Parties have reached an individual settlement which resolves this case in its entirety,” the April 14 filing reads.

The suit, filed last year by attorneys from Wise Law Firm and Strauss Borelli on behalf of former student applicants Ali Mgaresh and Jeffrey Minter, focuses on the school’s failure to prevent a February 2023 data breach and to notify potential, current and former students “without unreasonable delay,” as required by state law.

According to Virginia Union University, an investigation revealed in April last year that some individuals’ information was accessed. The compromised data includes full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, state identification cards and driver’s license numbers.

“VUU has no evidence that any data has been misused. Nevertheless, VUU encourages impacted individuals to take actions to help protect their personal information,”

VUU stated in a notice on the breach in May last year.

“VUU remains fully committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information in its possession and has taken many precautions to safeguard it.”

VUU officials and attorneys of firms representing Mgaresh and Minter declined to comment or didn’t respond to inquiries ahead of publication.