🐻California State AG
Clustered 5 filings across 4 jurisdictions · filing window Aug 13, 2021 → Nov 12, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_e6e8c8cb8f164e2a · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Government ID · Identity (basic)
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA ME MT NH
all State AG
per-filing reported counts
State AGs report only their own residents; bars show per-filing counts.
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
May 22, 2021 → Jul 9, 2021
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Jul 14, 2021
Reported by MAINE AG, NEW HAMPSHIRE AG filings
Oct 19, 2021
Reported by MAINE AG filing
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data breach involving unauthorized network access. The incident occurred between May 22, 2021, and July 9, 2021, and was detected on July 14, 2021. Approximately 46,734 individuals were affected, with their names and Social Security numbers compromised. No ransom demands were reported.
Affected (this filing): 46,734
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York reported a data breach affecting 4,293 individuals. The breach, which occurred between May 22, 2021, and July 9, 2021, was discovered on October 19, 2021. An external actor gained unauthorized access to systems, compromising names and Social Security numbers. The foundation notified affected individuals on November 12, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 4,293
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York experienced unauthorized network access between May 22 and July 9, 2021. An unauthorized party obtained files from file servers containing names and Social Security numbers. A cybersecurity firm was engaged, law enforcement was notified, and affected individuals were offered complimentary Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring. Notification letters were sent August 13, 2021.
State University of New York (SUNY) Research Foundation reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2021-08-13. The breach occurred from 5/22/2021 to 7/9/2021. 11 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 11
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York experienced a data breach impacting 61 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred from May 22, 2021, to July 9, 2021, was discovered on July 14, 2021. The incident was categorized as an external system breach (hacking), where names and Social Security numbers were acquired. Affected individuals were notified on August 13, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian.
Affected (this filing): 61