HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Wayne State Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 12, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

22,2317 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wayne State Foundation →

Wayne State Foundation, a non-profit entity associated with Wayne State College in Nebraska, disclosed a breach occurring between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. Discovered on July 16, 2020, the incident involved an external system breach (hacking) affecting 22,231 individuals, including 7 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers. The Foundation provided written notification on January 13, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection via TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 12, 2021180d ⏱ ME AG >30d26 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 · 26 weeks / 180 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_fe3b05da0a0288ed2021-01-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_21f089f7ac795a902021-01-13 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d1a84777e6ab29d52021-01-13 · +1dVerified

Name: Wayne State Foundation
norm: wayne state

Name: Wayne State Foundation
norm: wayne state
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 22,231state + 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
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(180 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 180dME resident >60d · 181d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jan 12, 2021
180d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Notified: Jan 13, 2021
181d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jan 12, 2021	180d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Notified: Jan 13, 2021	181d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGJan 12 · first

Maine State AGJan 12 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/0072e629-056b-48ef-b1d2-fa0555bd8227.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 12, 2021
Raw hash: ec926d4f6772f5bfcc05aee8fcbb8d483689631087cd809867597151adab05fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWayne State Foundation

Victim entityWayne State Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov