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HackingEducationEducationHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Rutgers University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 19, 2021

Filed

Apr 30, 2021

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

2,1651 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Rutgers University →2 incidents on file

Rutgers University reported an email compromise incident that occurred in October 2020 and was discovered in April 2021. The breach affected one Maine resident, exposing their financial account number or credit/debit card number along with access codes. The university offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through Experian to the affected individual.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 19, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 30, 202111d ✓ ME AG ≤30d11 days 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 · 195 days
discovery → filing · 11 days

Oct 6, 2020

Begins

Apr 19, 2021

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGApr 19 · first
Massachusetts State AG+11d
Maine State AG+11d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Apr 19 (IN), last May 3 (NH) — a 14-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.