HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

University of Maryland Global Campus

bd_262b752d50461fbf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 7, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

8,35418 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of Maryland Global Campus →

University of Maryland Global Campus reported an external system breach (hacking) on October 7, 2021, affecting approximately 8,354 individuals, including 18 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers. The university notified affected individuals on October 22, 2021, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 7, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 202129d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 29 days

Oct 7, 2021

Begins

Oct 7, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_89bafc9c18bc47452021-11-05Verified
California State AGbd_cdd6ceb837eb0a2a2021-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_53fc35ed4ed83b162021-11-08 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1e06edac6cf15b6d2021-10-22 · +14dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_647b7383837d30362021-10-22 · +14dCandidate

Name: University of Maryland Global Campus
norm: university of maryland global campus
Industry: Education

Name: University of Maryland Global Campus
norm: university of maryland global campus
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 7, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 8,354state + 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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
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: Oct 7, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 7, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGOct 22 · first

Montana State AGOct 22 · first

Massachusetts State AG+14d

California State AG+14d

Maine State AG+14d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Oct 22 (IN), last Nov 8 (NH) — a 17-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-a1252b4f8318/54c15248-6dc4-4f95-b687-3a37eae78b4a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: a84d4fbb7d6d69db8e3862b0459443477fbee1234ddf6ac6e72d9183c6f6fbb8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Maryland Global Campus

Victim entityUniversity of Maryland Global Campus

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2021

Stated responseProvided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft services through IDX

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov