MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Charles Stewart Mott Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2021

Filed

Apr 1, 2021

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected · nationwide

60,3831 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Charles Stewart Mott Community College →

Charles Stewart Mott Community College experienced a ransomware incident between November 27, 2020, and January 9, 2021. The breach, discovered on April 1, 2021, affected 60,383 individuals. The compromised data included financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers combined with security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. The college provided one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 1, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 1, 20210d ✓ ME AG ≤30d≤1 day discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

undetected · 125 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Nov 27, 2020

Begins

Apr 1, 2021

Discovered

Apr 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_802fd75ca75786882021-04-01Verified
Montana State AGbd_a4010fb161df77a82021-04-01Verified by operator

Name: Charles Stewart Mott Community College
norm: charles stewart mott community college

Name: Charles Stewart Mott Community College
norm: charles stewart mott community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 27, 2020 – Jan 9, 2021
Undetected for: 125 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2021
Affected individuals: 60,383state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 0d
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 1, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Apr 1, 2021
0d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 1, 2021 → Filed with AG: Apr 1, 2021	0d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AGApr 1 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f567b1c7-664f-415b-ac2e-46dc8695a2e4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2021
Raw hash: 6ae547c242142e53eab6496559bd4cdc3bba3a83af779e721efdac1d27c5c5c4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharles Stewart Mott Community College

Victim entityCharles Stewart Mott Community College

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2021

Stated responseOffered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov