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Des Moines Area Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 7, 2020

Filed

Nov 4, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

1,9762 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Des Moines Area Community College →

Des Moines Area Community College reported an inadvertent disclosure of personal information affecting 2 Maine residents. The breach occurred between December 2019 and May 8, 2020, and was discovered on October 7, 2020. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. The college offered complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian to affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 7, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 4, 202028d ✓ 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 · 311 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Dec 1, 2019

Begins

Oct 7, 2020

Discovered

Nov 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 30 · first
Maine State AG+5d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+10d
Massachusetts State AG+25d
Montana State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Oct 30 (IN), last Nov 30 (MT) — a 31-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.