MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Guilford Technical Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

Jan 13, 2022

To disclose

16 months

Affected · nationwide

65,6468 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Guilford Technical Community College →3 incidents on file

Guilford Technical Community College experienced a ransomware attack between August 5, 2020, and September 13, 2020. The breach, discovered on September 13, 2020, impacted 65,646 individuals, compromising names along with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The college notified affected residents on January 13, 2022, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 13, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 13, 2022487d ✗ ME AG >90d16 months 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 · 39 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 487 days

Aug 5, 2020

Begins

Sep 13, 2020

Discovered

Jan 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+61 wks slower

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_e53dd6052b1968052020-11-09 · +430dVerified
Maine State AGbd_34e1d618d5597c032020-11-05 · +434dCandidate

Name: Guilford Technical Community College
norm: guilford technical community college

Name: Guilford Technical Community College
norm: guilford technical community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2020 – Sep 13, 2020
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 65,646state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration with Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(487 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 487dME resident >180d · 487d
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: Sep 13, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2022
487d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 13, 2020
→ Notified: Jan 13, 2022
487d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 13, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2022	487d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 13, 2020 → Notified: Jan 13, 2022	487d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGNov 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+434d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (ME), last Jan 13 (ME) — a 434-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/ce8872a5-49b8-4342-abc2-7bac0646bcf8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2022
Raw hash: 8bda9c609ed0ea3d4b80a33a697f94adb1ec27023a82074b7c4c1a298da4f9ff

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGuilford Technical Community College

Victim entityGuilford Technical Community College

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2020

Stated responseOffering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration with Equifax

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov