PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 15, 2009

Filed

Dec 11, 2009

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies →

The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies notified the NH Attorney General that a laptop containing names and SSNs of study-abroad applicants was stolen on Oct 15, 2009. Discovered same day. Notices sent Dec 10, 2009. Remediation included law enforcement notification, data destruction, and 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Oct 15, 2009

Discovered

Dec 11, 2009

Filed

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+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_cee50f267d85d8de2009-12-14 · +3dVerified

Name: The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies
norm: the beijing center for chinese studies

Name: The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies
norm: the beijing center for chinese studies
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2009
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 10, 2009
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: The unlawful theft was reported to local law enforcement
Offering affected students with free credit monitoring for one year
Securely destroyed students’ personally identifiable information maintained by The Beijing Center where the student is no longer active or there is no additional need to retain that information
Implemented procedures so that unencrypted Social Security numbers and other sensitive information will not be stored on mobile devices
Changes made: Implemented procedures so that unencrypted Social Security numbers and other sensitive information will not be stored on mobile devices
Securely destroyed students’ personally identifiable information maintained by The Beijing Center where the student is no longer active or there is no additional need to retain that information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/beijing-center-20091211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2009
Raw hash: a6e7d748e40c156072daa72cad65cad324a6778da2fc07eb7f87775e07855713

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Beijing Center for Chinese Studies

Victim entityThe Beijing Center for Chinese Studies

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2009

Stated responseThe unlawful theft was reported to local law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov