HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

University of Maryland College Park Education Abroad

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 7, 2025

Filed

May 9, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,0226 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University of Maryland College Park Education Abroad →

University of Maryland, College Park reported a data breach where attackers compromised administrator accounts on an obsolete email server in December 2024. The incident affected 1,022 individuals, including 6 Maine residents, exposing names, SSNs, passport numbers, and financial data. The university took the server offline, notified the FBI and credit bureaus, and offered 24 months of Experian identity protection.

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Maine clockScope identified Mar 14, 2025 → Filed with AG May 9, 202556d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 96 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Dec 1, 2024

Begins

Mar 7, 2025

Discovered

May 9, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_3ded5328926c86f92025-05-13 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c9126cd4f44512882025-05-13 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_434906b0ceaaa6d92025-05-14 · +5dVerified

Name: University of Maryland College Park Education Abroad
norm: university of maryland college park education abroad
Domain: umd.edu
Industry: Education

Name: University of Maryland College Park Education Abroad
norm: university of maryland college park education abroad
Domain: umd.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 7, 2025
Scope identified: Mar 14, 2025Maine’s notice clock starts here (10 M.R.S. §1348(1))The letter says: “On March 14, 2025, we determined that the data on this server included your personal information.”
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Undetected for: 96 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 13, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,022state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified all three credit agenciesNotified the applicable state agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: The email server has been taken offline
Reviewing our policies and procedures so that all appropriate security measures are taken to prevent such an incident from occurring again
Notified the FBI
Notified all three credit agencies
Notified the applicable state agencies
Partnered with Experian to make identity detection and resolution services available to you at no charge
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures so that all appropriate security measures are taken to prevent such an incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
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
Scope identified: Mar 14, 2025
→ Filed with AG: May 9, 2025
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Scope identified: Mar 14, 2025 → Filed with AG: May 9, 2025	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGMay 9 · first · this page

Nebraska State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 9 (ME), last May 14 (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-a1252b4f8318/29fd277a-ba5f-4268-8dee-be95f001c6f2.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 9, 2025
Raw hash: 8f9ef8cc0f3f8dc119cb39ff9751c13d0ecc05014d644e388e9060c849cf3582

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Maryland College Park Education Abroad

Victim entityUniversity of Maryland College Park Education Abroad

Incidentdiscovered Mar 7, 2025

Stated responseThe email server has been taken offline

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov