HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Passaic County Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 21, 2022

Filed

Aug 9, 2022

To disclose

19 days

Affected · nationwide

5,4443 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Passaic County Community College →

Passaic County Community College experienced a data breach impacting 5,444 individuals. The incident, an external system breach, occurred between March 30 and June 12, 2022, and was discovered on July 21, 2022. Exposed data included names and Social Security Numbers. The college offered affected individuals one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 21, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 9, 202219d ✓ ME AG ≤30d19 days 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 · 113 days

discovery → filing · 19 days

Mar 30, 2022

Begins

Jul 21, 2022

Discovered

Aug 9, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_788bbd6ffa7e3d472022-08-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a2246b0de6bedefc2022-08-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_aa4dff09fadc9c302022-08-09Candidate

Name: Passaic County Community College
norm: passaic county community college

Name: Passaic County Community College
norm: passaic county community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 21, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2022 – Jun 12, 2022
Undetected for: 113 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2022
Affected individuals: 5,444state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 19d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 21, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2022
19d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 21, 2022 → Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2022	19d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 9 · first

Indiana State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first

Maine State AGAug 9 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d849b9bd-b409-4f43-b567-8a37987d4f8c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2022
Raw hash: a03aaab886eec312d0312582729595df93e4d4851ca25e758f8c3af0e736dfdc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPassaic County Community College

Victim entityPassaic County Community College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 21, 2022

Stated responseOffered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov