MisuseEducationTechnologyEducationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 11, 2016

Filed

Mar 31, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for O'Reilly Media, Inc. →

O'Reilly Media, Inc. notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to a database backup file for the O'Reilly School of Technology. A former student copied the file on Nov 13, 2015; discovered Feb 11, 2016. Affected 3 NH residents with SSNs and PII. Systems shut down; 1 year identity protection offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 90 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Nov 13, 2015

Begins

Feb 11, 2016

Discovered

Mar 31, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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_d9698cccedb88d082016-04-04 · +4dVerified

Name: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
norm: o reilly media
Domain: oreilly.com

Name: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
norm: o reilly media
Domain: oreilly.com
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Feb 11, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2015
Undetected for: 90 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2016
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Triggered incident response process
Obtained input from outside experts
Shut down computer systems and networks for the O'Reilly School of Technology
Retained a single copy of the database backup file in a highly secure environment for forensic purposes
Monitored other areas of the network
Changes made: Identification of forward-looking protocol and process changes
Improving information security practices, policies, and controls
Making available one year of identity theft protection and recovery services through IdentityForce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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 AGMar 31 · first · this page

Massachusetts 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/oreilly-media-20160331.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2016
Raw hash: e5f87adbd87b64a63fea8becea8a8bb4fc8210b16a1da2888d6767242d5da6dd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityO'Reilly Media, Inc.

Victim entityO'Reilly Media, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2016

Stated responseTriggered incident response process

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov