AccidentalEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

Jan 8, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2861 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

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Hardin-Simmons University reported a data breach stemming from an incident at its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The breach occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, and was discovered on November 11, 2020. The incident affected 1,286 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on January 8, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 11, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 8, 202158d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 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 · 278 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Nov 11, 2020

Discovered

Jan 8, 2021

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a93976ec5ee13b9c2021-01-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_c7df72eaf9924d742021-01-08Verified

Name: HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
norm: hardin simmons university

Name: HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
norm: hardin simmons university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 278 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,286state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 58d
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: Nov 11, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jan 8, 2021
58d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 11, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jan 8, 2021	58d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJan 8 · first

Montana State AGJan 8 · first

Maine State AGJan 8 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/318b2839-cc78-4c07-9687-745fa0ce0320.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2021
Raw hash: a288af3e8465047cd5f79123b11b45258adff07de52cb3ae412690bb936c56e5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

Victim entityHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2020

Stated responseOffered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov