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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Washington College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 20, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

13,16844 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Washington College →

Washington College reported a data breach affecting 44 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on February 11, 2023, and was discovered on October 20, 2023, was the result of an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names in combination with driver's license or other non-driver identification card numbers. Washington College offered affected individuals 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 20, 2023 → Filed with AG Nov 15, 202326d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 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 · 251 days
discovery → filing · 26 days

Feb 11, 2023

Begins

Oct 20, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGNov 15 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first
Montana State AGNov 15 · first
Delaware State AGNov 15 · first
Maine State AGNov 15 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (VT), last Nov 22 (NH) — a 7-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.