HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

The Island Institute

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Sep 28, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

654450 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Island Institute →

The Island Institute, a non-profit based in Rockland, Maine, experienced an external system breach (hacking) between May 16, 2020, and June 15, 2020. The incident was discovered on August 4, 2020, affecting 654 individuals, including 450 Maine residents. Personal information, specifically names combined with financial account or credit/debit card numbers (including security codes/PINs), was compromised. The Institute provided written notification on September 28, 2020, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 4, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 28, 202055d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks 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 · 80 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

May 16, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Sep 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e1b1d7dd9f680de2020-09-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_979933db152c5fdf2020-09-29 · +1dVerified

Name: The Island Institute
norm: the island institute

Name: The Island Institute
norm: the island institute
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Aug 4, 2020
Breach occurred: May 16, 2020 – Jun 15, 2020
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 654state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 55d
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: Aug 4, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 28, 2020
55d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 4, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 28, 2020	55d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 28 · first

Maine State AGSep 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/22228c2c-c84b-451a-9ecb-f293f4c040cb.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2020
Raw hash: 2986de78d81ec467196a1bac0a2b76189ac9a91fb491dbd76172b672fe0a6339

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Island Institute

Victim entityThe Island Institute

Incidentdiscovered Aug 4, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov