HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

College Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2021

Filed

Nov 23, 2021

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

2332 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for College Solutions →

College Solutions, an education organization, experienced an external system breach on August 9, 2021, which was discovered on October 28, 2021. The breach affected 233 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company notified affected individuals on November 23, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 28, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 23, 202126d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 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 · 80 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Aug 9, 2021

Begins

Oct 28, 2021

Discovered

Nov 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_7db38609ec82110c2021-11-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_85709de520a67a562021-11-29 · +6dVerified

Name: College Solutions
norm: college solutions

Name: College Solutions
norm: college solutions
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2021
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 233state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring through Equifax.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
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: Oct 28, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 23, 2021
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 28, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 23, 2021	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 23 · first

Maine State AGNov 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 23 (MA), last Nov 29 (NH) — a 6-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/f6f88e39-3d56-4049-b887-5200e90c4607.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2021
Raw hash: 64d81b73ae8ea85d286442a3ebd2329aebdecb81a8287b910c6d92556d7b8c61

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCollege Solutions

Victim entityCollege Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring through Equifax.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov