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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Stratford University

bd_c0e4810c2afcc5f6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

Feb 9, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

78,89413 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Stratford University2 incidents on file

Stratford University, an educational institution, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, which was discovered on December 29, 2022. The breach, which occurred between August 26 and August 27, 2022, was an external system breach (hacking) that affected 78,894 individuals in total, including 13 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The university provided written notification to the affected individuals on January 26, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Transunion.

Leak gap clock Leak >180d6 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 · 125 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Aug 26, 2022

Begins

Dec 29, 2022

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by revil about this victim predates this filing by 293 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJan 26 · first
Maine State AGJan 26 · first
Montana State AGJan 26 · first
Maine State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (VT), last Feb 9 (ME) — a 14-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.