HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumResolved
Wilkes University
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Full breach record for Wilkes University →Wilkes University (Wilkes-Barre, PA) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on January 25, 2025 and discovered on October 8, 2025. The breach affected 27,632 individuals total, including 24 Maine residents. Compromised data includes Social Security numbers combined with personal identifiers. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion/CyberScout.
Maine clockDiscovered Oct 8, 2025 → Filed with AG Oct 8, 20250d ✓ ME AG ≤30d≤1 day discovery → filing
⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.
This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_2db65b528a708d27Indiana State AGfiled 2025-10-08Verified
- bd_851c220f392a7702Montana State AGfiled 2025-10-08Verified by operator
- bd_aa2c70d389b3dc00Maine State AGfiled 2025-10-08Candidate
- bd_f085113c5eeda889Vermont State AGfiled 2025-10-08Verified
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- bd_4abfa14e2a8b236aTexas State AGfiled 2025-10-09(1d gap)Verified
- bd_1e62ba2bdea401e2New Hampshire State AGfiled 2025-10-14(6d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/1b3f09d4-ac88-4dc0-a0f2-5aacaa8f1a0a.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Oct 8, 2025
- Raw hash
- 3ffdff3969b4088c29beec535624fd02c5741e129235776d8ebc1f0465d73f76
Reporting entity
- Name
- Wilkes Universitynorm: wilkes university
- Domain
- wilkes.edu
- Industry
- Education
Victim entity
- Name
- Wilkes Universitynorm: wilkes university
- Domain
- wilkes.edu
- Industry
- Education
- Industry
- Educationllm
Incident
- Discovered
- Oct 8, 2025
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Oct 8, 2025
- Affected individuals
- 24
- Data types
- PIIIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- External
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG ≤30d · 0d
- Discovery-date grounding
- notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Oct 8, 2025→ Filed with AG: Oct 8, 20250d 30 days ME AG ≤30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.