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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighContained

Bridgewater State University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 1, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

34,158294 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Bridgewater State University6 incidents on file

Bridgewater State University, an educational institution, reported an external system breach that occurred between February and June 2020. The breach was discovered on July 16, 2020, and affected 294 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the university offered one year of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020Filed with AG Oct 1, 202077d ME AG >30d11 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 · 166 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGAug 28 · first
Indiana State AGAug 28 · first
Maine State AG+34d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (NH), last Oct 1 (ME) — 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.