HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

St. Augustine College

bd_63e799b588058cd4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

Feb 25, 2022

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

13,2631 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for St. Augustine College →

St. Augustine College, an educational institution in Chicago, Illinois, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on August 7, 2021, discovered on February 1, 2022. The incident compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 13,263 individuals, including one Maine resident. The College notified affected individuals in writing on February 24, 2022, and provided 12 months of complimentary identity protection services, including credit monitoring and dark web monitoring, through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 1, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 25, 202224d ✓ ME AG ≤30d24 days 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 · 178 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Aug 7, 2021

Begins

Feb 1, 2022

Discovered

Feb 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5ee99f1b37d547142022-02-25Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7939a8dc213094b42022-02-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_50ad4ee4f8d35dbe2022-02-24 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_a041869907bf35342022-01-01 · +55dVerified

Name: St. Augustine College
norm: st augustine college
Domain: staugustine.edu
Industry: Education

Name: St. Augustine College
norm: st augustine college
Domain: staugustine.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2021
Undetected for: 178 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2022
Affected individuals: 13,263state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered complimentary identity protection services by IDX
Changes made: Provided 12 months of credit monitoring
Provided Cyberscan dark web monitoring
Provided $1 million identity theft reimbursement insurance
Provided fully managed identity recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 24d
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 1, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 25, 2022
24d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 1, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 25, 2022	24d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+54d

New Hampshire State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+55d

Maine State AG+55d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 25 (ME) — a 55-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ca472a3d-e994-47fc-9e67-c39ae82adeff.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2022
Raw hash: ef82e0b1445892cb4ad38684474d29302048e55c5cc0a688974e4d46612c4176

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Augustine College

Victim entitySt. Augustine College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov