DisclosureLens
HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Black Hawk College

bd_fc14c383efc865e8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 11, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

1,3202 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Black Hawk College3 incidents on file

Black Hawk College reported a third-party security event that occurred on January 14, 2021, and was discovered on October 11, 2021. The breach affected 2 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The college provided written notification to the affected individuals on November 3, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 11, 2021Filed with AG Nov 5, 202125d ME AG ≤30d25 days 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 · 270 days
discovery → filing · 25 days

Jan 14, 2021

Begins

Oct 11, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGNov 3 · first
Maine State AG+2d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 3 (IN), last Jan 1 (IL) — a 59-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.