HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Centre College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

Feb 19, 2021

To disclose

22 days

Affected · nationwide

2011 in this filing

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Centre College →

Centre College, an educational institution, reported an external system breach that occurred from November 21, 2020, to December 9, 2020. The breach was discovered on January 28, 2021, and affected 201 individuals. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the college offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 28, 2021 → Filed with AG Feb 19, 202122d ✓ ME AG ≤30d22 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 · 68 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Nov 21, 2020

Begins

Jan 28, 2021

Discovered

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed201 affectedView incident

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Centre College
norm: centre college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 21, 2020 – Dec 9, 2020
Undetected for: 68 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 201state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notifications to affected consumers
Changes made: One Year, Experian, Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 22d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 28, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2021
22d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 28, 2021 → Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2021	22d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/f7800d27-747c-40cb-888c-bff885ee85cb.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 19, 2021
Raw hash: bf71b13bcb570e076daf9fa0293be5fbb7f54f2cfa21fd3450a4e777cf488a0e

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityCentre College

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2021

Stated responseSent written notifications to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov