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PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 18, 2021

Filed

Dec 28, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2391 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA →3 incidents on file

The University of Southern California experienced a data breach involving the loss or theft of a device, impacting one resident of Maine. The incident occurred on September 28, 2021, and was discovered on November 18, 2021. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the university offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 18, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 28, 202140d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 51 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Sep 28, 2021

Begins

Nov 18, 2021

Discovered

Dec 28, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 129d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGDec 2 · first
Indiana State AGDec 2 · first
Maine State AG+26d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 2 (MT), last May 6 (NH) — a 155-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.