AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 23, 2016

Filed

Sep 19, 2016

To disclose

27 days

Affected

1,505state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc. →6 incidents on file

Ascensus, Inc. discovered a website configuration error on August 23, 2016, that allowed another plan administrator to view personal information (name, address, DOB, SSN) of Menzies Aviation 401(k) participants. 1,505 Washington residents were affected. Ascensus terminated access and offered 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

Aug 23, 2016

Discovered

Sep 19, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

California State AGbd_1e7de0859d782bbe2016-09-19Verified

Name: Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc.
norm: ascensus group

Name: Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc.
norm: ascensus group
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 23, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,505state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birthSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

During the incident: Terminated the configuration that allowed inadvertent access
Offering a complimentary 12-month identity protection package through TrustedID
Changes made: Evaluating additional steps to ensure this does not happen again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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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California State AGSep 19 · first

Washington State AGSep 19 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9645.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2016
Raw hash: 55faa1505704fcb4cc198f79daf2afdc4a5386fb319bb6330ad72eeba84cbe32

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAscensus Group Holdings, Inc.

Victim entityAscensus Group Holdings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2016

Stated responseTerminated the configuration that allowed inadvertent access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com