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Fort Hays State University Foundation

bd_22771bb0c01afbd2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 13, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1271 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →4 incidents on file

Fort Hays State University Foundation reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The breach was discovered on July 16, 2020. The incident affected one Maine resident, whose name and Social Security number were acquired. The foundation notified the affected individual on October 13, 2020, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 13, 202089d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 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 · 160 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 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 AGOct 13 · first
Maine State AGOct 13 · 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.