DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute →2 incidents on file

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported a data breach affecting one Maine resident after a cybersecurity incident at its third-party vendor, Educational Computer Systems, Inc. (ECSI). The breach, which occurred on October 29, 2023, and was discovered on February 12, 2024, involved an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information includes the individual's name and Social Security number. In response, the institute offered 24 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 12, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 23, 202471d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 106 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Oct 29, 2023

Begins

Feb 12, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 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.