HackingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHighContained
Messiah University
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Full breach record for Messiah University →Messiah University, an educational institution in Pennsylvania, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between July 4, 2020, and July 31, 2020. The breach was discovered on April 1, 2021. The incident affected a total of 2,796 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. Acquired information included names, financial account numbers, and credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). The university provided written notification and offered complimentary credit monitoring through Experian for those with impacted Social Security Numbers.
Maine clockDiscovered Apr 1, 2021 → Filed with AG May 10, 202139d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,796 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c1f2ce97-695e-49b8-9486-ca810ee57fc9.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- May 10, 2021
- Raw hash
- 0dec24eb68113a9485c9817d6885538fbe2795334c1a64f7e9cf776c14806bab
Reporting entity
- Name
- Messiah Universitynorm: messiah university
- Domain
- messiah.edu
- Industry
- education
Victim entity
- Name
- Messiah Universitynorm: messiah university
- Domain
- messiah.edu
- Industry
- education
Incident
- Discovered
- Apr 1, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 23, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 2,796
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- 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
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 39d
- 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: Apr 1, 2021→ Filed with AG: May 10, 202139d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.