HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsPCIMedium

Museum of the American Revolution

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2021

Filed

Mar 10, 2021

To disclose

13 days

Affected · nationwide

1,4364 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Museum of the American Revolution →

The Museum of the American Revolution experienced an external system breach (hacking) between September 22, 2020, and October 13, 2020. The breach was discovered on February 25, 2021, and affected 1,436 individuals. The compromised information included names combined with financial account or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on March 10, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 25, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 10, 202113d ✓ ME AG ≤30d13 days 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 · 156 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Sep 22, 2020

Begins

Feb 25, 2021

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_44f554b152062e432021-03-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_4ee258b43c89828d2021-03-10Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_acc833cc12c170fa2021-03-10Verified

Name: Museum of the American Revolution
norm: museum of the american revolution

Name: Museum of the American Revolution
norm: museum of the american revolution
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2020 – Oct 13, 2020
Undetected for: 156 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,436state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsPCI
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDExperts
Sent written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 13d
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: Feb 25, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 10, 2021
13d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 25, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 10, 2021	13d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 10 · first

Montana State AGMar 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 10 · first

Maine State AGMar 10 · 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/ef729f35-e9b1-4f29-a931-7718f545e6ab.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2021
Raw hash: 83da8a321b16849e93b00c3d6b3e243c94424230a580fb13feac58aa0a0e92ba

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMuseum of the American Revolution

Victim entityMuseum of the American Revolution

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDExperts

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov