HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Kentucky Wesleyan College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 22, 2020

Filed

Mar 18, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

31,7966 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kentucky Wesleyan College →3 incidents on file

Kentucky Wesleyan College experienced an external system breach (hacking) on September 22, 2020. The incident compromised the personal information of 31,796 individuals, including Social Security Numbers. The breach was discovered on the same date. Kentucky Wesleyan College notified affected individuals in writing on or about March 22, 2021, and provided 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Cyberscout. Six Maine residents were among those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 22, 2020 → Filed with AG Mar 18, 2021177d ✗ ME AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 177 days

Sep 22, 2020

Begins

Sep 22, 2020

Discovered

Mar 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d81f81f811de3bed2021-03-19 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_0e42eb75b707279a2021-03-22 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_d9a3bb47c5ddb6652021-03-22 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_17be795228342b572021-03-25 · +7dVerified

Name: Kentucky Wesleyan College
norm: kentucky wesleyan college
Industry: education

Name: Kentucky Wesleyan College
norm: kentucky wesleyan college
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 31,796state + 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: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Arranged for Cyberscout to provide affected individuals with twenty-four (24) months of complimentary credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(177 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 177dME resident >180d · 181d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 22, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Mar 18, 2021
177d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 22, 2020
→ Notified: Mar 22, 2021
181d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 22, 2020 → Filed with AG: Mar 18, 2021	177d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 22, 2020 → Notified: Mar 22, 2021	181d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 18 (ME), last Mar 25 (NH) — a 7-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/bf3134d8-1282-460e-8dd4-ca3f8ca26d7c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2021
Raw hash: 6e087df10c016fdfe8d3f5ec77a2182d099d1854447372c5cd9d6082ea8e14a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKentucky Wesleyan College

Victim entityKentucky Wesleyan College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov