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Western Governors University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 20, 2025

Filed

Dec 22, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

231 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

81%
Full breach record for Western Governors University →

Western Governors University reported an external system breach (hacking) affecting 23 individuals total, including 1 Maine resident. The breach occurred between October 21, 2024 and January 13, 2025 and was discovered on October 20, 2025. Notification to affected consumers was sent on November 1, 2025. No identity theft protection services were offered.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 20, 2025 → Filed with AG Dec 22, 202563d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 364 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Oct 21, 2024

Begins

Oct 20, 2025

Discovered

Dec 22, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGNov 1 · first
Maine State AG+51d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 1 (IN), last Dec 22 (ME) — a 51-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.