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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCritical

Gaston College

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 11, 2023

Filed

Aug 29, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

191,32425 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Gaston College

Gaston College, an educational institution, reported a data breach affecting 25 Maine residents. The breach occurred on February 21, 2023, and was discovered on July 11, 2023. The incident was described as an external system breach (hacking), resulting in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. Gaston College began notifying affected individuals on August 25, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 11, 2023Filed with AG Aug 29, 202349d ME AG >30d7 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 · 140 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Feb 21, 2023

Begins

Jul 11, 2023

Discovered

Aug 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by nokoyawa about this victim predates this filing by 172 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

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Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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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.