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American Council for International Studies

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 30, 2021

Filed

Dec 3, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

42,430139 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for American Council for International Studies →2 incidents on file

American Council for International Studies reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on May 25, 2021, discovered on September 30, 2021. The incident compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 42,430 individuals, including 139 Maine residents. The organization notified affected individuals in writing on December 3, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services via Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 30, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 3, 202164d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks 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 · 128 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

May 25, 2021

Begins

Sep 30, 2021

Discovered

Dec 3, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGDec 3 · first
Oregon State AGDec 3 · first
Indiana State AGDec 3 · first
California State AGDec 3 · first
Washington State AGDec 3 · first
Massachusetts State AGDec 3 · first
Maine State AGDec 3 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 3 (MT), last Dec 9 (NH) — a 6-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.