Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

Benchmark Education Company, LLC

bd_072b14720f8f7830 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 22, 2021

Filed

Oct 17, 2022

To disclose

13 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Benchmark Education Company, LLC →2 incidents on file

Benchmark Education Company LLC notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Sept 22 and Dec 15, 2021. The incident likely resulted from phishing leading to credential compromise. Information including names and potentially other PII was accessed. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured its environment, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 months / 390 days

Sep 22, 2021

Begins

Sep 22, 2021

Discovered

Oct 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+46 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2926ad8e252e8ccd2022-10-17Verified
Maine State AGbd_dd06f0d441e077552022-10-17Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_03c34ccb1d9247782022-10-21 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_40424ff5fff737cc2022-10-21 · +4dVerified

Name: Benchmark Education Company, LLC
norm: benchmark education

Name: Benchmark Education Company, LLC
norm: benchmark education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2021 – Dec 15, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 17, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying applicable regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our environment
Launched an investigation with third-party specialists
Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional measures to further protect against similar incidents
Notifying applicable regulators and potentially impacted individuals
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for [Extra3] months at no cost to you, through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional measures to further protect against similar incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(390 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGOct 17 · first

Maine State AGOct 17 · first

Montana State AGOct 17 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-661.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 17, 2022
Raw hash: 67623690d2f4a121f053ac47b8c4f53b14ce9a9377e837095c95b539c7a72061

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenchmark Education Company, LLC

Victim entityBenchmark Education Company, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov