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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHigh

DePauw University

bd_763213be05c747ae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 31, 2023

Filed

Dec 6, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

28,98120 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for DePauw University →

DePauw University reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, stating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred and was discovered on October 31, 2023. The breach affected 20 Maine residents, part of a larger group of 28,981 individuals. The compromised information includes names combined with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The university began notifying affected individuals on November 22, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Transunion.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 31, 2023 → Filed with AG Dec 6, 202336d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Oct 31, 2023

Begins

Oct 31, 2023

Discovered

Dec 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 36 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
PressOct 31 · first
Vermont State AG+22d
Montana State AG+28d
New Hampshire State AG+28d
California State AG+36d
Maine State AG+36d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+41d

Pattern: first filing Oct 31, last Dec 11 (MA) — a 41-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.