HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTPIIHighResolved
American Council for International Studies
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Full breach record for American Council for International Studies →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
⚠ 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.
This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_0cfa5fef00b11ee0Montana State AGfiled 2021-12-03Candidate
- bd_2b22345a0d7b36b3Oregon State AGfiled 2021-12-03Verified
- bd_b51c1c9a31d33805California State AGfiled 2021-12-03Verified
- bd_ce6f170a133fdcafWashington State AGfiled 2021-12-03Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fca75b6b-bdbd-43f6-ace4-0eedcd92a165.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Dec 3, 2021
- Raw hash
- 5682128e85ce9856b6fd73fdb049ed61002724505186a6bf898667dfb5aa7992
Reporting entity
- Name
- American Council for International Studiesnorm: american council for international studies
Victim entity
- Name
- American Council for International Studiesnorm: american council for international studies
Incident
- Discovered
- Sep 30, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Dec 3, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 42,430
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTPII
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 64dME resident >60d · 64d
- 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 30, 2021→ Filed with AG: Dec 3, 202164d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d Maine Discovered: Sep 30, 2021→ Notified: Dec 3, 202164d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.