HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Cary Academy

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 11, 2020

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

2,3402 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cary Academy →

On May 20, 2020, Cary Academy experienced an external system breach (hacking), which was discovered on November 16, 2020. The breach affected 2,340 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. Notification to affected individuals began on December 11, 2020, and two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services were offered through CyberScout.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 11, 202025d ✓ ME AG ≤30d25 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 180 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

May 20, 2020

Begins

Nov 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1aac36454d2b72552020-12-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c56b45920edc95c42020-12-16 · +5dVerified

Name: Cary Academy
norm: cary academy

Name: Cary Academy
norm: cary academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 180 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,340state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Changes made: Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through CyberScout.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 25d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 16, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 11, 2020
25d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 16, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 11, 2020	25d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGDec 11 · first

Maine State AGDec 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (IN), last Dec 16 (MA) — a 5-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-a1252b4f8318/332f94dd-c8ab-468d-9780-8bf1ae76088b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2020
Raw hash: 634ce9a1e257382700b03534506ee801ff4f2c9997fbc7922636f77130dbcd9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCary Academy

Victim entityCary Academy

Incidentdiscovered Nov 16, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov