HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Bates College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 1, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

15state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bates College →2 incidents on file

Bates College reported a data breach involving a third-party vendor, The Hartford. The incident occurred on May 30, 2023, affecting 15 individuals, all Maine residents. The breach involved the exposure of Social Security Numbers. Bates College engaged Kroll to provide 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring services, including credit monitoring and fraud consultation, to the affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

May 30, 2023

Begins

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15 affectedView incident

Name: Bates College
norm: bates college
Domain: bates.edu
Industry: education

Name: Bates College
norm: bates college
Domain: bates.edu
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General
Third party: via The Hartfordbusiness partner / vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to the affected individuals for 24 months
Provided identity monitoring services including Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/d1391c93-fc25-44d3-9dbe-7d42a0043111.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2023
Raw hash: 01fbd75857bf62f135654befd3b4af08d7d2cebba04005370f8dfc80f2eeaa80

Reporting entityBates College

Victim entityBates College

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to the affected individuals for 24 months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov