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HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Paul Smith’s College

bd_93340885d0e3fae7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2023

To disclose

21 days

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Paul Smith’s College

Paul Smith’s College notified affected individuals of a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed the network on August 27, 2022. The College discovered the incident on January 26, 2023, after an investigation. Personal information was accessed. The College secured accounts, engaged outside cybersecurity professionals, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.

Incident timeline

undetected · 152 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Aug 27, 2022

Begins

Jan 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 60d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGFeb 16 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first
Montana State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 16 (ME), last Apr 17 (MT) — a 60-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.