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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Research Foundation for The State University of New York

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 14, 2021

Filed

Aug 13, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

46,73461 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Research Foundation for The State University of New York3 incidents on file

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York experienced a data breach impacting 61 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred from May 22, 2021, to July 9, 2021, was discovered on July 14, 2021. The incident was categorized as an external system breach (hacking), where names and Social Security numbers were acquired. Affected individuals were notified on August 13, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 14, 2021Filed with AG Aug 13, 202130d ME AG ≤30d4 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 · 53 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

May 22, 2021

Begins

Jul 14, 2021

Discovered

Aug 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 91d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGAug 13 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first
Montana State AGAug 13 · first
Indiana State AGAug 13 · first
Maine State AGAug 13 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 13 (CA), last Nov 12 (ME) — a 91-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.