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HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Hood College

bd_7d091fad0fa5f824 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 24, 2021

Filed

Apr 26, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3881 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Hood College →

Hood College, an educational institution in Maryland, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on December 10, 2019, discovered on March 24, 2021. The incident compromised the personal information of 388 individuals, including names and Social Security Numbers. The College notified affected individuals in writing on April 26, 2021, and provided one year of credit monitoring services through Kroll. One Maine resident was affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 24, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 26, 202133d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 470 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Dec 10, 2019

Begins

Mar 24, 2021

Discovered

Apr 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 26 · first
Maine State AGApr 26 · 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.