MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)LowContained

TAG – The Aspen Group

bd_0ee434c0aaee7446 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

Feb 26, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

TAG – The Aspen Group notified individuals of a ransomware attack on April 25, 2023. Unauthorized access to personal information was discovered on December 11, 2023. The incident involved exfiltration of names and other PII. The company engaged forensic experts, hardened systems, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals across multiple states.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 230 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

Dec 11, 2023

Discovered

Feb 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_bee5bb09abb911b12024-02-26Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e33f08a26adc7f022024-02-26Verified
Indiana State AGbd_42e95da00ecb77ae2024-02-22 · +4dVerified

Name: Apeo
norm: apeo

Name: TAG – The Aspen Group
norm: tag the aspen group
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023
Undetected for: 230 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 6state-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

During the incident: Retained computer forensic experts to conduct an investigation
Increasing monitoring of our networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening our systems
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Increasing monitoring of our networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 22 · first

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1136.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2024
Raw hash: 0bea16e75e1e47c6916f630073114350373cd0b7fc61f1481e20e1f573591e90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityApeo

Victim entityTAG – The Aspen Group

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2023

Stated responseRetained computer forensic experts to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov