MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Guilford Technical Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

Nov 5, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

69,8462 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Guilford Technical Community College →3 incidents on file

Guilford Technical Community College experienced a ransomware attack between August 5, 2020, and September 13, 2020. The breach, discovered on September 13, 2020, affected 69,846 individuals, compromising names and financial account or card numbers with access codes. The college notified affected individuals on November 5, 2020, and offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 13, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 202053d ⏱ 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 · 39 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Aug 5, 2020

Begins

Sep 13, 2020

Discovered

Nov 5, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e53dd6052b1968052020-11-09 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d9d06ab471bbac1a2022-01-13 · +434dVerified

Name: Guilford Technical Community College
norm: guilford technical community college

Name: Guilford Technical Community College
norm: guilford technical community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2020 – Sep 13, 2020
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2020
Affected individuals: 69,846state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Offered two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 53d
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: Sep 13, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2020
53d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 13, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2020	53d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGNov 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+434d

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (ME), last Jan 13 (ME) — a 434-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/d22a629f-16e5-4139-8b16-51ff824cb37e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2020
Raw hash: a9d482680ea50cabf9f16e47ba44183d008cc619f2406991defa26b1d3126c4b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGuilford Technical Community College

Victim entityGuilford Technical Community College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2020

Stated responseOffered two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov