HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Connections for Kids

bd_a7a88f5ee8f25bbe · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 14, 2025

Filed

May 16, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

427395 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Connections for Kids →2 incidents on file

Connections For Kids reported an unauthorized access to an employee email account on February 14, 2025. The incident affected 427 individuals, including 395 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account information for a small subset. The organization engaged forensic experts and offered credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 14, 2025 → Filed with AG May 16, 202591d ✗ ME AG >90d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Feb 14, 2025

Begins

Feb 14, 2025

Discovered

May 16, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_72884d2f4474350a2025-05-23 · +7dCandidate

Name: Connections for Kids
norm: connections for kids
Domain: connectionsforkids.org

Name: Connections for Kids
norm: connections for kids
Domain: connectionsforkids.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 14, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 16, 2025
Affected individuals: 427state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with third-party forensics experts
Initiated a review and analysis of emails and attachments
Offered one year of triple bureau credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to strengthen the security of its email system
Provided additional training to the employee whose email account was involved
Enhanced its protocols to safeguard the information in its care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 91d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 14, 2025
→ Filed with AG: May 16, 2025
91d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 14, 2025 → Filed with AG: May 16, 2025	91d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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Maine State AGMay 16 · first · this page

HHS OCR+7d

Pattern: first filing May 16 (ME), last May 23 (ME) — a 7-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-a1252b4f8318/46f37fc7-cb34-4624-89bc-ab9f510a24c2.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2025
Raw hash: 137723ad742898d0f19eca079159a03535b46a8f13dd9c15fe9b3b8201462fd1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConnections for Kids

Victim entityConnections for Kids

Incidentdiscovered Feb 14, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with third-party forensics experts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov