HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

St. Joseph’s College of Maine

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 20, 2025

Filed

Mar 25, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4,810state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for St. Joseph’s College of Maine →2 incidents on file

St. Joseph College of Maine notified NH AG of unauthorized network access between Dec 2023 and Jan 2024. Discovered Feb 2025. ~4,810 NH residents affected; data included names and SSNs. FBI and forensic investigators engaged. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 433 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Dec 15, 2023

Begins

Feb 20, 2025

Discovered

Mar 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_03481a34e4e765242025-03-26 · +1dVerified
Rhode Island State AGbd_1648483f544690a82025-03-27 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_1c08b719c91d2e392025-03-21 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_1fa5d3c2191361612025-03-21 · +4dVerified

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Maryland State AGbd_646ed6bdb7fb507e2025-03-21 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_71ab59a83b1822602025-03-21 · +4dVerified
Washington State AGbd_74be514a8c5e1a792025-03-21 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b2024ab96e5882602025-03-21 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b59dbd6dbb62ca592025-03-21 · +4dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_bf78bf4d9e2a72602025-03-21 · +4dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024
Undetected for: 433 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,810state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately contained the incident
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring services
Advised affected residents to place a fraud alert and/or security freeze on their credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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California State AGMar 21 · first

Indiana State AGMar 21 · first

Maryland State AGMar 21 · first

Vermont State AGMar 21 · first

Washington State AGMar 21 · first

Maine State AGMar 21 · first

Montana State AGMar 21 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Rhode Island State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 21 (CA), last Mar 27 (RI) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/st-joseph-college-maine-20250325.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2025
Raw hash: 62b2d3dc3b189eaf7a6e2b9acb0c52af65c871ca1d96c3791e06cd37165d6f4e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2025

Stated responseImmediately contained the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov