AccidentalEducationEducationMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighResolved

Princeton University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 10, 2022

Filed

Jun 28, 2022

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

8,84332 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Princeton University →3 incidents on file

Princeton University reported an inadvertent disclosure of personal information, including Social Security Numbers, affecting 8,843 individuals. The breach occurred on April 28, 2020, and was discovered on June 10, 2022. The university engaged Kroll to provide two years of identity monitoring services to affected Maine residents.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 10, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 28, 202218d ✓ ME AG ≤30d18 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 · 773 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Apr 28, 2020

Begins

Jun 10, 2022

Discovered

Jun 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_adfb38a8d099d07e2022-07-08 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_ced3f5a433764e982022-07-08 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eacf93a470e8f2b12022-07-08 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_024a4e9a86c6f9d72022-07-11 · +13dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_513f9ba541db089c2022-07-11 · +13dVerified

Name: Princeton University
norm: princeton university
Domain: princeton.edu

Name: Princeton University
norm: princeton university
Domain: princeton.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 28, 2020
Undetected for: 773 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,843state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1567 Exploit Remote System
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General's Office.

During the incident: Engaged the services of Kroll, a leading cybersecurity risk mitigation and response company, to provide identity monitoring to affected Maine residents for two (2) years, at Princeton’s expense.
Changes made: Provided identity monitoring services including Credit Monitoring, Web Watcher, Public Persona, Quick Cash Scan, $1 Million Identity Fraud Loss Reimbursement, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 18d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 10, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2022
18d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 10, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2022	18d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGJun 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+10d

California State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Jun 28 (ME), last Jul 11 (MT) — a 13-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-a1252b4f8318/0722b27c-2c7c-46f9-8202-e2b437f0ec69.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2022
Raw hash: 04f76001b6c2d1c5f5a3407bfe30818f6f61dbc9ee89adba07e6583a3a15ee65

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPrinceton University

Victim entityPrinceton University

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2022

Stated responseEngaged the services of Kroll, a leading cybersecurity risk mitigation and response company, to provide identity monitoring to affected Maine residents for two (2) years, at Princeton’s expense.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov