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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Berwick Academy

bd_e2b9a271626bfcfb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 21, 2021

Filed

Feb 11, 2021

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

2,569857 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Berwick Academy

Berwick Academy, an educational institution, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office. The breach, which was discovered on January 21, 2021, occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. It was described as an external system breach (hacking) and impacted 2,569 individuals, including 857 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. In response, Berwick Academy offered affected individuals 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through CyberScout.

Maine clockDiscovered Jan 21, 2021Filed with AG Feb 11, 202121d ME AG ≤30d21 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 · 349 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jan 21, 2021

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 10 · first
Maine State AG+1d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 10 (IN), last Feb 16 (NH) — a 6-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.