MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedEducationFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

St. Joseph’s College of Maine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

Mar 21, 2025

To disclose

14 months

Affected

728state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for St. Joseph’s College of Maine →2 incidents on file

St. Joseph’s College of Maine reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting 728 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Dec 15, 2023, and Jan 24, 2024. The incident involved encryption of data and access to personal information (names). The college contained the incident, engaged forensic investigators, and notified the FBI.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d14 months 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 · 40 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 422 days

Dec 15, 2023

Begins

Jan 24, 2024

Discovered

Mar 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+53 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1c08b719c91d2e392025-03-21Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_1fa5d3c2191361612025-03-21Verified
Maryland State AGbd_646ed6bdb7fb507e2025-03-21Verified
Vermont State AGbd_71ab59a83b1822602025-03-21Verified

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Maine State AGbd_b2024ab96e5882602025-03-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_b59dbd6dbb62ca592025-03-21Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_bf78bf4d9e2a72602025-03-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f85a15202eb938f52025-03-25 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_03481a34e4e765242025-03-26 · +5dVerified
Rhode Island State AGbd_1648483f544690a82025-03-27 · +6dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024
Undetected for: 40 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 728state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthStudent ID numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately contained the incident
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering complimentary 12-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(422 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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California State AGMar 21 · first

Indiana State AGMar 21 · first

Maryland State AGMar 21 · first

Vermont State AGMar 21 · first

Maine State AGMar 21 · first

Montana State AGMar 21 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 21 · first

Washington State AGMar 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Rhode Island State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 21 (CA), last Mar 27 (RI) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA32778.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2025
Raw hash: 1926c44767a0f6bf6194516cf4c61ea6d7fb805b55ba26b3ef5f411c7afe7676

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Victim entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2024

Stated responseImmediately contained the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com