HackingFinancial ServicesEducationFinanceSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

Sep 25, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

19,7541 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Vermont Student Assistance Corporation →2 incidents on file

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation reported a data breach impacting 19,754 individuals due to a third-party system breach. The incident occurred from February 7 to May 20, 2020, and was discovered on July 31, 2020. Exposed information included names and Social Security numbers. Written notifications were sent to affected parties in September 2020.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 31, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 25, 202056d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 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 · 175 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 31, 2020

Discovered

Sep 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_08c27a98ee1b1bf42020-09-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_79f77c4712b371812020-10-04 · +9dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_234aa8a01aad80222020-09-08 · +17dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_71e4dd920ac5fc822020-09-04 · +21dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 21d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c0dafe3199fe92a2020-09-04 · +21dVerified
California State AGbd_bca2d0e8282fb4bc2020-09-04 · +21dCandidate

Name: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
norm: vermont student assistance

Name: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
norm: vermont student assistance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmEducationllm

Discovered: Jul 31, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 175 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 19,754state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
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 31, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 25, 2020
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 31, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 25, 2020	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 4 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 4 · first

California State AGSep 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

California State AG+21d

Maine State AG+21d · this page

Montana State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IN), last Oct 4 (MT) — a 30-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/f499ebc7-c44a-442c-abad-a43e964044a7.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2020
Raw hash: 11b6ea24c99398b802ffd803abfee613fe2f778d901f535a25e2108a4ce8c75a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVermont Student Assistance Corporation

Victim entityVermont Student Assistance Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 31, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov