HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)CriticalContained

Pellissippi State Community College

bd_42038c4a8134e07a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jan 13, 2022

Filed

Feb 1, 2022

To disclose

19 days

Affected · nationwide

206,00041 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pellissippi State Community College →

Pellissippi State Community College experienced an external system breach (hacking) on December 6, 2021, discovered on January 13, 2022. Approximately 206,000 individuals were affected, including 41 Maine residents. The college notified affected individuals electronically on February 1, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 13, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 1, 202219d ✓ ME AG ≤30d19 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 · 38 days

discovery → filing · 19 days

Dec 6, 2021

Begins

Jan 13, 2022

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_195b67b4feac6ae72022-02-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8c1470148a67a7102022-02-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_24f3c1c62e07a9a42022-02-04 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_31bd0bf1f34bff052022-01-01 · +31dVerified

Name: Pellissippi State Community College
norm: pellissippi state community college
Domain: pstcc.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Pellissippi State Community College
norm: pellissippi state community college
Domain: pstcc.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2021
Undetected for: 38 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 206,000state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent electronic notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) provided by TransUnion Interactive
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 19d
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: Jan 13, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 1, 2022
19d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 13, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 1, 2022	19d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+31d

Indiana State AG+31d

Maine State AG+31d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 4 (NH) — a 34-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/149d123c-03a7-487d-a493-38720e60bce2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 1, 2022
Raw hash: 4828ffd6104d2aa05695182eefc76112ba5e5de0edd1532a0e25c7a43fe87834

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPellissippi State Community College

Victim entityPellissippi State Community College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2022

Stated responseSent electronic notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov