MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Council for International Studies

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 10, 2021

Filed

Dec 3, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Council for International Studies →2 incidents on file

American Council for International Studies notified affected individuals of a ransomware attack discovered on June 10, 2021. The attacker encrypted systems and exfiltrated names between May 25 and June 10, 2021. The organization offered credit monitoring and reported to law enforcement. 195 Rhode Island residents were impacted.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

May 25, 2021

Begins

Jun 10, 2021

Discovered

Dec 3, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_2b22345a0d7b36b32021-12-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_417f20105b7024322021-12-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6ceece1529a33a202021-12-03Verified
California State AGbd_b51c1c9a31d338052021-12-03Verified

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Washington State AGbd_ce6f170a133fdcaf2021-12-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e554b021581b89902021-12-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_38613616484c85812021-12-09 · +6dVerified

Name: American Council for International Studies
norm: american council for international studies

Name: American Council for International Studies
norm: american council for international studies
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2021
Breach occurred: May 25, 2021 – Jun 10, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcementNotified appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Secured the systems
Restored access to the information
Investigated what happened
Performed a comprehensive review of information stored on the systems
Conducted a manual review of our records
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Notified appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Oregon State AGDec 3 · first

Maine State AGDec 3 · first

Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

California State AGDec 3 · first

Washington State AGDec 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 3 · first

Montana State AGDec 3 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 3 (OR), last Dec 9 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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-122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2021
Raw hash: 789afbb6d496e062906064140b3b343c69a9aa06ae26d194b6113ac9f2320c8e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Council for International Studies

Victim entityAmerican Council for International Studies

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2021

Stated responseSecured the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov