HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Fort Hays State University Foundation

bd_9c860b9e878039ee · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 12, 2021

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1271 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →2 incidents on file

Fort Hays State University Foundation reported a data breach affecting 127 individuals, including one Maine resident. The breach, which occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, was an external system hack discovered on July 16, 2020. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified in writing on February 12, 2021, and offered one year of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Feb 12, 2021211d ⏱ ME AG >30d30 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 · 160 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 211 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 9 filings 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_39783ab69d8df39f2021-02-12Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_a1402bd601ea289c2021-02-12Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_817630e32a998e882021-02-16 · +4dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_05a22e6205fcfbfb2021-04-16 · +63dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_316059aa27517d3f2021-04-16 · +63dVerified
California State AGbd_342acd5f7ba86b642021-04-16 · +63dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f2bfd9f35ba072fc2021-04-16 · +63dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2696b92e1072e84b2021-04-19 · +66dVerified

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays state university

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 127state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered one year of identity theft protection services
Sent written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(211 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 211dME resident >60d · 211d
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: Jul 16, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Feb 12, 2021
211d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Notified: Feb 12, 2021
211d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG: Feb 12, 2021	211d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Notified: Feb 12, 2021	211d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGFeb 12 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 12 · first

Maine State AGFeb 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+63d

Indiana State AG+63d

California State AG+63d

Maine State AG+63d

New Hampshire State AG+66d

Pattern: first filing Feb 12 (MT), last Apr 19 (NH) — a 66-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d11dc447-98f0-4e39-9d6a-6e85e0274c71.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2021
Raw hash: 646a6fa866d205dbf30be0c67f094e4b1008faa12cfae2a69b1239b92fb3d333

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Victim entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseOffered one year of identity theft protection services

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov