HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountBiometricPHIHealth (basic)EducationHighContained

LEE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1,623state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for LEE UNIVERSITY →

Lee University, a private Christian university in Tennessee, notified the Maryland Attorney General of a data security incident discovered on March 22, 2024. Unauthorized access resulted in the potential exposure of personal information for approximately 1,623 Maryland residents, including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, passport numbers, financial account numbers, and health information. Notifications were sent to affected individuals on March 24, 2025, offering 12 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

Mar 22, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_999367d5f3b9dbb72025-03-31 · +388dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_04edd7df916f70a02025-03-26 · +393dVerified
Maine State AGbd_37ece777e49ea0462025-03-26 · +393dVerified
Washington State AGbd_96bc7c394d2c81b32025-03-26 · +393dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_b3e570950a87e26f2025-03-26 · +393dVerified
California State AGbd_d5f5a1eec1591b7c2025-03-26 · +393dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_300a9184d4bcd0812025-03-25 · +394dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e6cb9d5990cf5492025-03-25 · +394dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8cdee20d984ad4d92025-03-25 · +394dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_daa4525b9e17e7cc2025-03-24 · +395dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: LEE UNIVERSITY
norm: lee university
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,623state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts
Undertook an investigation to understand whether data was potentially involved
Took immediate steps to evaluate and improve the security of its systems
Established a toll-free call center through IDX
Notified potentially affected individuals
Reported the incident to nationwide consumer reporting agencies (i.e., Equifax, Experian, and Transunion)
Changes made: Continue to evaluate additional protections that can be put into place to supplement its existing security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Vermont State AGMar 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+7d

Maryland State AG+395d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (VT), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 395-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 14 — 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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376731.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: 3cf7982c6e56dd89ddc4d38eecc7280ac60e0ec6cf0740093504553bd92fbca8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityLEE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2024

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov