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Leak SiteState AGConfirmed12 filings · 10 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedbianlianhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 12 filings

Dordt University — April 2024 breach

Clustered 12 filings across 11 jurisdictions · filing window May 16, 2024 Jul 15, 2025. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

Determination

Confirmed

Members

12 filings

States

10

Affected · reported

34,251

First → last filing

May 16, 2024 Jul 15, 2025

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_01f984d13594471b · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 10 regulatory filings and 2 unverified claims. The filings describe unauthorized access. Intrusion Apr 21, 2024–May 16, 2024, discovered Apr 21, 2024 — the first regulatory filing landed 446 days later (flagged late). 34,251 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), Financial account, and 4 more. Notifications rolled out on a 425-day schedule across 10 filings beginning May 16, 2024. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental
Notification delay
446days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance
424days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Leak precedence
421days before filing

Days between the first leak-site claim and the first regulatory filing. Positive = the claim came first (public exposure before disclosure). Negative = the claim trailed the filing, so there was no pre-disclosure leak. Counts regulatory filings only — press coverage is not a regulatory disclosure.

Filing span
425days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Materiality delta · SEC filing delayno SEC 8-K in this cluster.

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Dordt University data breach (2024) · DisclosureLens