HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighContained

Cushing Academy

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 8, 2023

Filed

Jun 20, 2023

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,60796 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Cushing Academy →

Cushing Academy, an educational institution, reported a data breach impacting 96 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on December 3, 2022, and was discovered on March 8, 2023, was identified as an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The academy notified affected individuals on June 20, 2023, and offered credit and identity theft monitoring services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 8, 2023 → Filed with AG Jun 20, 2023104d ✗ ME AG >90d15 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 · 95 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Dec 3, 2022

Begins

Mar 8, 2023

Discovered

Jun 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_34e82e6d957a55d82023-06-20Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_45100a45bae851ff2023-06-20Verified
Vermont State AGbd_4981f6c1bd21bd612023-06-20Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c01e76771326d9bc2023-06-20Verified

Name: Cushing Academy
norm: cushing academy

Name: Cushing Academy
norm: cushing academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2022
Undetected for: 95 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2023
Affected individuals: 4,607state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered free credit and identity theft monitoring services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 104d
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: Mar 8, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jun 20, 2023
104d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 8, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jun 20, 2023	104d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJun 20 · first

Indiana State AGJun 20 · first

Vermont State AGJun 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 20 · first

Maine State AGJun 20 · 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-a1252b4f8318/736ed001-622b-4848-941c-cb4219e970f4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 20, 2023
Raw hash: d1b147ff2fdd07ae1529d75dbaba79352e74a9fb268784fa39e53efcd01ed379

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCushing Academy

Victim entityCushing Academy

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2023

Stated responseOffered free credit and identity theft monitoring services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov