HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Gulf Coast State College (GCSC)

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 12, 2020

Filed

Sep 29, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

11,3099 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gulf Coast State College (GCSC) →

Gulf Coast State College, an educational institution in Florida, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between March 31, 2020, and June 3, 2020. The incident was discovered on August 12, 2020. The breach compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 11,309 individuals, including 9 Maine residents. The College provided written notification to affected individuals on September 29, 2020, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 12, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 29, 202048d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 134 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Mar 31, 2020

Begins

Aug 12, 2020

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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

Montana State AGbd_09fd6a24dc17d17d2020-09-29Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_2c61a116f3b8e7bd2020-09-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fc3d2c4f71de24552020-09-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_afb654f15ad711c92020-09-30 · +1dVerified

Name: Gulf Coast State College (GCSC)
norm: gulf coast state college gcsc
Industry: Education

Name: Gulf Coast State College (GCSC)
norm: gulf coast state college gcsc
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2020 – Jun 3, 2020
Undetected for: 134 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 29, 2020
Affected individuals: 11,309state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 48d
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: Aug 12, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 29, 2020
48d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 12, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 29, 2020	48d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGSep 29 · first

Indiana State AGSep 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 29 · first

Maine State AGSep 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/bc400edd-dd6e-41a5-ab57-12f2d438d8c2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 29, 2020
Raw hash: 3c2f2546bdf2621f77f489a23b75c49a5109aac53296042b2c603a83c4622862

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGulf Coast State College (GCSC)

Victim entityGulf Coast State College (GCSC)

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov