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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Simpson University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 1, 2022

Filed

Jun 10, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,1751 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Simpson University →

Simpson University experienced an external system breach between July 29, 2021, and September 17, 2021, which was discovered on March 1, 2022. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 6,175 individuals, including one resident of Maine. In response, the university offered 12 months of identity protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 1, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 10, 2022101d ✗ ME AG >90d14 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 · 215 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Jul 29, 2021

Begins

Mar 1, 2022

Discovered

Jun 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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 AGJun 9 · first
Montana State AGJun 9 · first
California State AG+1d
Maine State AG+1d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+4d

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.