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MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCritical

Cornish College of the Arts

bd_fb30b45e0dc7f961 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Apr 4, 2022

Filed

May 6, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

199,44927 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Cornish College of the Arts

Cornish College of the Arts reported a ransomware attack that occurred between June 6, 2021, and June 10, 2021. The breach was discovered on April 4, 2022. The incident affected 199,449 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The college provided 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 4, 2022Filed with AG May 6, 202232d ME AG >30d5 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 · 302 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jun 6, 2021

Begins

Apr 4, 2022

Discovered

May 6, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 365d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing May 6 (IN), last May 23 (OR) — a 382-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.