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HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Emma Willard School

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

Oct 28, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

2,27316 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Emma Willard School →3 incidents on file

Emma Willard School, an educational institution, experienced an external system breach on May 14, 2020, which was discovered on September 29, 2020. The breach affected 2,273 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. In response, the school provided written notification to affected parties on October 28, 2020, and offered twenty-four months of credit monitoring services.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 29, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 28, 202029d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 138 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

Sep 29, 2020

Discovered

Oct 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGOct 28 · first · this page
Indiana State AG+14d
Massachusetts State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Oct 28 (ME), last Nov 18 (MA) — a 21-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.