HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighResolved

Erie Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

Nov 13, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

16,4601 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Erie Community College →

Erie Community College experienced an external system breach (hacking) between July 14 and July 22, 2020, discovered on September 18, 2020. The incident affected 16,460 individuals, including one Maine resident. Personal information, specifically names combined with Social Security Numbers, was acquired by the attacker. The College provided written notification and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 18, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 13, 202056d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks 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 · 66 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Jul 14, 2020

Begins

Sep 18, 2020

Discovered

Nov 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_18fb91c7867470b22020-11-13Verified
Montana State AGbd_5616c6576c01d4ea2020-11-13Candidate

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college

Name: Erie Community College
norm: erie community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 14, 2020 – Jul 22, 2020
Undetected for: 66 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 16,460state + 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: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
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: Sep 18, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 13, 2020
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 18, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 13, 2020	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 13 · first

Montana State AGNov 13 · first

Maine State AGNov 13 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/2066b566-7330-46dc-98e1-c39a9693064b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2020
Raw hash: 0094b67e2fcbb3b7b76cd920313ad874b75176719620324a5b89b6d00b833b95

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityErie Community College

Victim entityErie Community College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov