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St. Joseph’s College of Maine Data Breach

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NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from St. Joseph’s College of Maine, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Between December 15, 2023 and January 24, 2024, St. Joseph’s College of Maine (“SJC”) experienced a significant cybersecurity incident when its system was compromised by an unauthorized third party (“Data Breach”). ​During the Data Breach, the hacker accessed and acquired certain private and confidential personal information of up to 126,580 individuals. On March 21, 2025, SJC began sending data breach notifications to those affected by the Data Breach and alerted the Attorney General of Maine. ​As the announcement was made only recently, SJC has not yet disclosed additional details. If you received a data breach notification letter from SJC, it indicates that you were affected by the data breach. ​ As part of its notification letter, SJC is offering complimentary 12-month access to Experian IdentityWorksSM, which provides credit monitoring for all three credit bureaus and identity theft protection. Founded in 1912, SJC is a private Catholic college in Standish, Maine with around 2,000 current students. SJC offers more than 40 majors, minors, and partnerships programs, and has around 2,400 students enrolled in its online program, Saint Joseph’s College Online. SJC competes in Division III of the NCAA and has a $17 million endowment. 

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED IN THE ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF MAINE DATA BREACH?

The type of compromised information potentially included:
  • Name​s
  • Addresses
  • Dates of Birth
  • Social Security numbers; and 
  • Government-issued ID numbers
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.  The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible.  NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from St. Joseph’s College of Maine, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.