HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Salem State University

bd_92b1ff168fd43d25 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

11,460138 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Salem State University →2 incidents on file

Salem State University reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, discovered on August 14, 2020. The incident affected 11,460 individuals, including 138 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and Social Security Numbers. The University provided written notification and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 14, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 14, 202031d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 189 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 14, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_05e5f174c3386c042020-09-14Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5c3d5828c91835872020-09-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6eca700c59859d12020-09-15 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fc9364897cd141f52020-09-11 · +3dVerified

Name: Salem State University
norm: salem state university

Name: Salem State University
norm: salem state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 189 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 11,460state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 14, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 14, 2020
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 14, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 14, 2020	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 11 · first

Montana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d · 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-a1252b4f8318/227b97a8-7bf1-42bd-a996-69a0541023d6.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: b1f0d2e9985a2350b7b23ade0bf019b2a415278b24f89f3de6dd0d0c5c853720

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySalem State University

Victim entitySalem State University

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov