HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHighContained

Chemeketa Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

4 days

Affected · nationwide

7,4082 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Chemeketa Community College reported a data breach involving its third-party administrator, Carruth Compliance Consulting. The incident, occurring on December 21, 2024, exposed personal information of 7,408 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Affected data included names, SSNs, financial account info, and potentially driver's licenses and W-2s. The college notified the FBI and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG Feb 28, 20254d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 days 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 · 65 days

discovery → filing · 4 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_1f489bbb209614b62025-02-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_24ff7c40fadd28302025-02-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_4e55ac9e8ebb64192025-02-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_4ae1c2ff7b6ddf372025-03-03 · +3dCandidate

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Massachusetts State AGbd_f7e29710f8ba5f1a2025-03-03 · +3dVerified

Name: Chemeketa Community College
norm: chemeketa community college
Domain: linnbenton.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Chemeketa Community College
norm: chemeketa community college
Domain: linnbenton.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 65 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 7,408state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney GeneralNotified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began investigating the incident
Sought information from Carruth about the incident
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Notified affected individuals via written notice
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offered 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offered $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 4d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025
4d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2025 → Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025	4d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 28 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 28 · first

Maine State AGFeb 28 · first

Maine State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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-a1252b4f8318/9f07f747-a024-4e89-8583-310cca2d5e65.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 8d291318474021a3c34b37be86d99baded78fe702fa7ebb52210901f7176fb7e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChemeketa Community College

Victim entityChemeketa Community College

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2025

Stated responseBegan investigating the incident

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov