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HackingEducationEducationGovernment IDHigh

Bristol Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 10, 2023

Filed

May 9, 2023

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

56,400277 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Bristol Community College4 incidents on file

Bristol Community College reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office after an external system breach (hacking) that occurred between December 14 and December 23, 2022. The breach was discovered on April 10, 2023. The breach affected 277 Maine residents, whose Social Security Numbers were compromised. The college began notifying affected individuals on May 10, 2023, and offered them 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 10, 2023Filed with AG May 9, 202329d ME AG ≤30d29 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 · 117 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 14, 2022

Begins

Apr 10, 2023

Discovered

May 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGFeb 28 · first
Maine State AG+435d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (MA), last May 10 (IN) — a 436-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.