HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Stratford University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

Jan 26, 2023

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

78,69213 in this filing

Linked

6 records

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Stratford University →2 incidents on file

Stratford University reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on August 26, 2022. The breach was discovered on December 29, 2022. The personal information of 78,692 individuals was compromised, including 13 Maine residents. The compromised data includes names and Social Security numbers. Stratford University began notifying affected individuals on January 26, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 29, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 26, 202328d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 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 · 125 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Aug 26, 2022

Begins

Dec 29, 2022

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_de866ea760ad44772022-12-26 · +31dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_bc8e4c3027cd226c2023-01-26Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_ffc379629d3ab65a2023-01-26Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_52184867a219f8722023-01-30 · +4dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_c0e4810c2afcc5f62023-02-09 · +14dVerified by operator

Name: Stratford University
norm: stratford university

Name: Stratford University
norm: stratford university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 26, 2022
Undetected for: 125 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2023
Affected individuals: 78,692state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Credit monitoring services through TransUnion for 12 months.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 28d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 29, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 26, 2023
28d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 29, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 26, 2023	28d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · first

Maine State AGJan 26 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (VT), last Feb 9 (ME) — 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5206e25d-d9b1-4231-8ae0-188328634fdf.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2023
Raw hash: 70caeae9d144789f0a62700bf367f5840e7f68affe788b8d30adc0c572f7ffa5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStratford University

Victim entityStratford University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2022

Stated responseCredit monitoring services through TransUnion for 12 months.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov