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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Phillips Exeter Academy

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 6, 2021

Filed

Sep 21, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,57311 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Phillips Exeter Academy →3 incidents on file

Phillips Academy, an educational institution, experienced an external system breach that occurred from May 8, 2021, to May 25, 2021. The breach was discovered on August 6, 2021, and affected 11 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding security codes, access codes, or PINs. Phillips Academy offered one year of credit monitoring and fraud protection services through Experian to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 6, 2021 → Filed with AG Sep 21, 202146d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 90 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

May 8, 2021

Begins

Aug 6, 2021

Discovered

Sep 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGSep 21 · first
New Hampshire State AGSep 21 · first
Massachusetts State AGSep 21 · first
Indiana State AGSep 21 · first
Maine State AGSep 21 · 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.