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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighResolved

Mercyhurst

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 16, 2022

Filed

Nov 8, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

19,51438 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Mercyhurst →3 incidents on file

Mercyhurst University, an educational institution, experienced an external system breach that occurred between January 16, 2022, and May 15, 2022. The breach was discovered on September 16, 2022. The incident affected 19,514 individuals in total, including 38 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security Numbers. The university provided written notification to affected individuals on November 8, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Epiq.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 16, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 8, 202253d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks 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 · 243 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Jan 16, 2022

Begins

Sep 16, 2022

Discovered

Nov 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by lockbit2 about this victim predates this filing by 176 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGNov 7 · first
Massachusetts State AG+1d
Indiana State AG+1d
Maine State AG+1d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 14 (NH) — a 7-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.