HackingEducationEducationHacking OtherSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

Apr 6, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2841 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities →2 incidents on file

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reported a data breach impacting one Maine resident due to a security incident at its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The breach occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, and was discovered on January 28, 2021. The compromised data includes names and Social Security numbers. The association offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 28, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 6, 202168d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 356 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jan 28, 2021

Discovered

Apr 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_63bfc74112f3f5f92021-04-06Verified

Name: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
norm: hispanic association of colleges and universities
Domain: hacu.net

Name: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
norm: hispanic association of colleges and universities
Domain: hacu.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 356 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,284state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 68d
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: Jan 28, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Apr 6, 2021
68d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 28, 2021 → Filed with AG: Apr 6, 2021	68d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGApr 6 · first

Maine State AGApr 6 · first · this page

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/a24669a3-2561-438d-aa92-0d14967152d7.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2021
Raw hash: 16df786957a771b9a9fe7377aa03c99d837bd53ffb8ddfcaea679750dbf72e45

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Victim entityHispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov