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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Benchmark Education Company, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2022

Filed

Oct 17, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,2805 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Benchmark Education Company, LLC2 incidents on file

Benchmark Education Company, LLC reported a data breach affecting 5 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred between September 22, 2021, and December 15, 2021, was discovered on August 4, 2022. The incident was an external system breach (hacking) that exposed financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on October 17, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Experian IdentityWorks.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 4, 2022Filed with AG Oct 17, 202274d ME AG >30d11 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.

Incident timeline

undetected · 316 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Sep 22, 2021

Begins

Aug 4, 2022

Discovered

Oct 17, 2022

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGOct 17 · first
Indiana State AGOct 17 · first
Maine State AGOct 17 · first · this page

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.