HackingEducationOtherEducationHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Homeschool Legal Defense Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2022

Filed

Jan 30, 2023

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,4295 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Homeschool Legal Defense Association →2 incidents on file

Homeschool Legal Defense Association, a non-profit organization, experienced an external system breach (hacking) on January 31, 2022, which was discovered on February 2, 2022. The breach affected 5 Maine residents, compromising their names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with access codes. Affected individuals were notified on January 19, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 2, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 30, 2023362d ✗ ME AG >90d52 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 362 days

Jan 31, 2022

Begins

Feb 2, 2022

Discovered

Jan 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+43 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3a799b687c7d12a72023-01-30Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_e22ee248b17509c92023-02-01 · +2dVerified

Name: Homeschool Legal Defense Association
norm: homeschool legal defense

Name: Homeschool Legal Defense Association
norm: homeschool legal defense
Industry: EducationllmOtherllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,429state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(362 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 362dME resident >180d · 351d
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: Feb 2, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 30, 2023
362d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 2, 2022
→ Notified: Jan 19, 2023
351d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 2, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 30, 2023	362d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 2, 2022 → Notified: Jan 19, 2023	351d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 30 · first

Maine State AGJan 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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-a1252b4f8318/428f391f-21d8-430d-9671-99b0033493d9.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2023
Raw hash: 0f92435f36b0db62f7500a0c211b8bf1c230cbedf492debe84f7a1055f977715

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHomeschool Legal Defense Association

Victim entityHomeschool Legal Defense Association

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov