HackingEducationTechnologyEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

ECS Learning Systems

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 15, 2010

Filed

Nov 8, 2010

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

1,3003 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ECS Learning Systems →

ECS Learning Systems, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a data breach discovered Oct 15, 2010, involving unauthorized access to customer databases starting April 2010. ~1,300 customers affected, including 3 NH residents. Data exposed: names, contact info, and credit/debit card numbers. ECS deleted stored card data, implemented heightened access controls, and switched payment processing to a new provider.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 197 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Apr 1, 2010

Begins

Oct 15, 2010

Discovered

Nov 8, 2010

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_b38bca87b50586ba2010-11-09 · +1dVerified

Name: ECS Learning Systems
norm: ecs learning
Domain: ecslearningsystems.com

Name: ECS Learning Systems
norm: ecs learning
Domain: ecslearningsystems.com
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2010
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2010
Undetected for: 197 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 8, 2010
Affected individuals: 1,300state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with our third-party web hosting provider to immediately implement heightened access controls and other security measures
Deleted stored credit/debit card information from our computer systems
Removed the capability for storing preferred credit/debit card information for use in future orders
Reported the matter to the local police department
Changes made: Going forward, all online credit card transactions on our website will continue to be processed for us by a leading, national service provider, which was not involved in this security incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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 AGNov 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/ecs-learning-20101108.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2010
Raw hash: 746a93a452efd513967f1bd9a639d68075a62ca58aa9a87479ab48045cf2e66b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityECS Learning Systems

Victim entityECS Learning Systems

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2010

Stated responseWorked with our third-party web hosting provider to immediately implement heightened access controls and other security measures

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov