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Pearl River Community College District

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 21, 2022

Filed

Aug 19, 2022

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

34,6781 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Pearl River Community College District →

Pearl River Community College reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on April 30, 2022. The breach was discovered on July 21, 2022. One Maine resident was affected, and their name and Social Security number were compromised. The college began notifying affected individuals on August 19, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit and Cyberscan monitoring, identity restoration services, and a $1 million identity theft insurance policy.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 21, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 19, 202229d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 82 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Apr 30, 2022

Begins

Jul 21, 2022

Discovered

Aug 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 19 · first
Montana State AGAug 19 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 19 · first
Maine State AGAug 19 · first · this page

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.