HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

LEE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 19, 2025

Filed

Mar 26, 2025

To disclose

7 days

Affected · nationwide

136,928275 in this filing

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for LEE UNIVERSITY →

Lee University reported a security incident occurring on March 9, 2024, involving unauthorized access via a third-party software vulnerability. The breach was discovered on March 19, 2025, and affected 136,928 individuals nationwide, including 275 Maine residents. Data potentially downloaded included names and government identifiers. The university engaged cybersecurity experts and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d7 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 375 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Mar 9, 2024

Begins

Mar 19, 2025

Discovered

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_04edd7df916f70a02025-03-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_96bc7c394d2c81b32025-03-26Verified
Washington State AGbd_b3e570950a87e26f2025-03-26Verified
California State AGbd_d5f5a1eec1591b7c2025-03-26Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_300a9184d4bcd0812025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e6cb9d5990cf5492025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8cdee20d984ad4d92025-03-25 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_daa4525b9e17e7cc2025-03-24 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_999367d5f3b9dbb72025-03-31 · +5dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_81b8b7e84bde761c2026-04-23 · +393dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2024
Undetected for: 375 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 136,928state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of industry-leading cybersecurity experts
Conducted a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data
Offered complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG ≤30d · 7d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 19, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 26, 2025
7d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 19, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 26, 2025	7d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Vermont State AGMar 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d · this page

South Carolina State AG+7d

Maryland State AG+395d

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (VT), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 395-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/250151eb-b98e-4fc1-bb70-caca5f6600ed.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2025
Raw hash: 361520888e674b6fff686fa7b8cfbaa2ae566ecb0fb984edf4c4ae40f5494246

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of industry-leading cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov