HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Mount Saint Mary College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 20, 2022

Filed

Feb 9, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

17,92415 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Mount Saint Mary College →

Mount Saint Mary College, an educational institution, reported a data breach affecting 17,924 individuals. The incident, discovered on December 20, 2022, was described as an external system breach or hacking event. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the college provided written notification to affected individuals starting February 7, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services through Cyberscout.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 20, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 9, 202351d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Dec 20, 2022

Begins

Dec 20, 2022

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitecubabd_aa4f1d9fa53c3a122023-10-10 · +243dVerified by operator
Leak Sitevicesocietybd_7bf7529bd105d48a2023-02-09Verified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_71d734dae478fcce2023-02-08 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6598b328c46558f12023-02-07 · +2dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_979e6ea0fe25e7632023-02-07 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_46d579e9965a22242023-02-14 · +5dVerified

Name: Mount Saint Mary College
norm: mount saint mary college
Domain: msmc.edu

Name: Mount Saint Mary College
norm: mount saint mary college
Domain: msmc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 20, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 17,924state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring, an insurance reimbursement policy, and identity theft recovery services through Cyberscout.
Provided written notification to affected consumers.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 51d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 20, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 9, 2023
51d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 20, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 9, 2023	51d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AGFeb 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+2d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (IN), last Feb 14 (MA) — a 7-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/ef70b6e2-6734-48aa-a691-4d46b327455e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2023
Raw hash: c67152841b14ac52bcb7ef9bf840a8a9cf4488df6b26559a6f586556b838588a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMount Saint Mary College

Victim entityMount Saint Mary College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring, an insurance reimbursement policy, and identity theft recovery services through Cyberscout.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov