HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDHighContained

Great Hearts America

bd_2ab4b2c4853cbb08 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 14, 2023

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,8021 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Great Hearts America →

Great Hearts America, a non-profit organization, reported a data breach affecting one Maine resident. The breach occurred on October 14, 2023, when their managed services provider, Veeya, detected unusual activity on their network. An investigation by Veeya determined that an unauthorized third party potentially accessed and acquired data belonging to Great Hearts, including names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on March 29, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 14, 2023 → Filed with AG Mar 29, 2024167d ✗ ME AG >90d24 weeks 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 · 24 weeks / 167 days

Oct 14, 2023

Begins

Oct 14, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3020a35f33b891122024-03-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_9768d6f2ac0edc7c2024-03-29Candidate

Name: Great Hearts America
norm: great hearts america

Name: Great Hearts America
norm: great hearts america
Also named: Great Hearts Americadba oflegal entity
GH Americadba oftrade name
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 14, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,802state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring services by Cyberscout.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 167dME resident >60d · 167d
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 14, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Mar 29, 2024
167d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 14, 2023
→ Notified: Mar 29, 2024
167d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 14, 2023 → Filed with AG: Mar 29, 2024	167d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 14, 2023 → Notified: Mar 29, 2024	167d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 29 · first

Montana State AGMar 29 · first

Maine State AGMar 29 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/87ff172f-3434-46ab-87bf-fdd33690c29f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2024
Raw hash: ad320786ddd9528457a9b264b738e223a6a9d3099946da45b2d4f835f1358d4c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreat Hearts America

Victim entityGreat Hearts America

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring services by Cyberscout.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov