AccidentalEducationEducationMisdeliveryData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Emerson College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 6, 2022

Filed

Sep 19, 2022

To disclose

13 days

Affected · nationwide

8165 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Emerson College →

Emerson College reported a data breach affecting 816 individuals due to an inadvertent disclosure by a third-party vendor. The incident occurred between August 23, 2021, and May 8, 2022, and was discovered on September 6, 2022. The compromised information included names combined with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The college provided affected individuals with 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 6, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 19, 202213d ✓ ME AG ≤30d13 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 · 379 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Aug 23, 2021

Begins

Sep 6, 2022

Discovered

Sep 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_5cba5053a0cce5082022-09-19Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc430cf6438a835c2022-09-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_42c19c902f1113012022-09-23 · +4dVerified

Name: Emerson College
norm: emerson college

Name: Emerson College
norm: emerson college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 6, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2021 – May 8, 2022
Undetected for: 379 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 816state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: Partner

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 13d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 6, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2022
13d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 6, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2022	13d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGSep 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 19 · first

Maine State AGSep 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/e533fbae-5876-42ce-a6a5-bc289b53f1e0.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2022
Raw hash: dbcb5d35d7e36a20cc20b2cc69bfa8dd031fad7cef15ef28fa10f2c23c86ce24

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmerson College

Victim entityEmerson College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 6, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov