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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

The Governor's Academy

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 5, 2020

Filed

Jan 6, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,83551 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Governor's Academy →2 incidents on file

The Governor's Academy, an educational institution, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office. The breach, which was discovered on November 5, 2020, occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The incident was described as an external system breach (hacking) and affected 51 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The academy began notifying affected individuals on December 31, 2020, and offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Cyberscout.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 5, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 6, 202162d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 272 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Nov 5, 2020

Discovered

Jan 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJan 6 · first
Maine State AGJan 6 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jan 6 (MA), last Jan 14 (NH) — a 8-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.