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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Paul Smith’s College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2023

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

10,61571 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Paul Smith’s College

Paul Smith's College reported an internal system breach that occurred between July 1, 2022, and August 31, 2022, and was discovered on January 26, 2023. The breach affected 10,615 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The college began notifying affected individuals on February 17, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity protection services through Experian.

Leak gap clock Leak >30d21 days discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 209 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Jul 1, 2022

Begins

Jan 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by avoslocker about this victim predates this filing by 52 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 60d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGFeb 16 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first
Maine State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 16 (MT), last Apr 17 (MT) — a 60-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.