HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumContained
Arcadia University
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Full breach record for Arcadia University →Arcadia University, an educational institution in Pennsylvania, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between March 15 and March 18, 2021, discovered on July 23, 2021. The incident affected 8,798 individuals, including 24 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). The university provided written notification on August 4, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through ID Experts.
Maine clockDiscovered Jul 23, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 4, 202112d ✓ ME AG ≤30d12 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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,798 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/baf99d82-fc98-40e8-a59f-2ee7d45a3387.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Aug 4, 2021
- Raw hash
- 3391ae671ba9d9c7d5a56119db20a5cb043a6a81675da16e4958e175c13390c3
Reporting entity
- Name
- Arcadia Universitynorm: arcadia university
- Industry
- Education
Victim entity
- Name
- Arcadia Universitynorm: arcadia university
- Industry
- Education
Incident
- Discovered
- Jul 23, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Aug 4, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 8,798
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG ≤30d · 12d
- 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: Jul 23, 2021→ Filed with AG: Aug 4, 202112d 30 days ME AG ≤30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.