HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighResolved

Kent Place School

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 14, 2020

Filed

Dec 31, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2532 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kent Place School →

Kent Place School, an educational institution in Summit, NJ, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The breach was discovered on October 14, 2020. The incident compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 1,253 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The school provided written notification and offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through CyberScout.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 14, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 31, 202078d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 250 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Oct 14, 2020

Discovered

Dec 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a717c45e5696d7622020-12-31Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c1c555c3c78038052021-01-04 · +4dVerified

Name: Kent Place School
norm: kent place school
Domain: kentplace.org

Name: Kent Place School
norm: kent place school
Domain: kentplace.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 250 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,253state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through CyberScout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 78d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 14, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 31, 2020
78d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 14, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 31, 2020	78d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 31 · first

Maine State AGDec 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/1e95e88c-bd4c-40f2-ba85-1cc9fc9d51ee.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2020
Raw hash: 49f0f14f6bdccdff045dd3f296b141428c1d9d961364bf1654e7b271df3c0fc4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKent Place School

Victim entityKent Place School

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov