HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PIIMediumContained

St. Joseph’s College of Maine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 20, 2025

Filed

Mar 27, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

902state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for St. Joseph’s College of Maine →2 incidents on file

St. Joseph College of Maine notified the Rhode Island AG of unauthorized network access occurring between Dec 15, 2023, and Jan 24, 2024. The incident potentially affected 902 RI residents, exposing SSNs, financial account numbers, and health information. SJCM contained the breach, reported to the FBI, and engaged cybersecurity professionals. Notices were sent on March 21, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Rhode Island clock✓ RI AG ≤45d5 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 · 433 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Dec 15, 2023

Begins

Feb 20, 2025

Discovered

Mar 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_03481a34e4e765242025-03-26 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f85a15202eb938f52025-03-25 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_1c08b719c91d2e392025-03-21 · +6dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_1fa5d3c2191361612025-03-21 · +6dVerified

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Maryland State AGbd_646ed6bdb7fb507e2025-03-21 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_71ab59a83b1822602025-03-21 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_74be514a8c5e1a792025-03-21 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b2024ab96e5882602025-03-21 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b59dbd6dbb62ca592025-03-21 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_bf78bf4d9e2a72602025-03-21 · +6dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024
Undetected for: 433 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 902state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contained the incident
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: RI AG ≤45d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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California State AGMar 21 · first

Indiana State AGMar 21 · first

Maryland State AGMar 21 · first

Vermont State AGMar 21 · first

Washington State AGMar 21 · first

Maine State AGMar 21 · first

Montana State AGMar 21 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Rhode Island State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 21 (CA), last Mar 27 (RI) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://riag.ri.gov/media/7431/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2025
Raw hash: 62a6fdb274bd4731636d5872bee86789063bd88b1ce2d7bd23bc72188b5cf157

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2025

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceRI AG ≤45d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceriag.ri.gov