DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Downstream VictimsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Bates College

bd_7f50ad31f0da50b2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 20, 2023

Filed

Jul 11, 2023

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

393250 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Bates College →2 incidents on file

Bates College reported a data breach impacting students and faculty after two of its third-party service providers, TIAA and National Student Clearinghouse, were compromised in the MOVEit vulnerability exploit. The breach exposed personal identifiers including names and Social Security Numbers. The college offered two years of identity theft protection to the 250 affected Maine residents.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 20, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 11, 202321d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 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.

Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Jun 20, 2023

Discovered

Jul 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed393 affectedView incident

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.