AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Varsity Tutors LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 31, 2021

Filed

Jun 3, 2022

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Varsity Tutors LLC →

Varsity Tutors LLC notified the California Attorney General of a data breach involving a misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage bucket. The incident occurred between November 1 and November 6, 2021, and was discovered in late October 2021 after a cyber researcher alerted the company. The potentially exposed data included images of government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's licenses) uploaded by individuals interested in becoming tutors. Varsity Tutors remediated the misconfiguration, conducted an investigation with cybersecurity specialists, and offered credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. No evidence of misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 31, 2021 → Notified May 11, 2022192d ✗ CA 60-day late31 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Jun 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_3974dd33e60b4d4b2022-06-03Verified
Montana State AGbd_601e2d05841b7b9e2022-06-03Verified
Oregon State AGbd_81d4e565c2e253ea2022-06-03Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_98523dfca32ae99f2022-06-03Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_b6cb41de187857522022-06-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_e423db69abbd12bb2022-06-03Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a0f3c40b2dac35b82022-06-09 · +6dVerified

Name: Varsity Tutors LLC
norm: varsity tutors
Domain: varsitytutors.com

Name: Varsity Tutors LLC
norm: varsity tutors
Domain: varsitytutors.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 31, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2021 – Nov 6, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 11, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Remediated the vulnerability
Commenced a comprehensive investigation, working with cybersecurity specialists
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq at no cost
Changes made: Remediated the vulnerability
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 192d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 31, 2021
→ Notified: May 11, 2022
192d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 31, 2021 → Notified: May 11, 2022	192d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGJun 3 · first

Montana State AGJun 3 · first

Oregon State AGJun 3 · first

Indiana State AGJun 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 3 · first

Maine State AGJun 3 · first

California State AGJun 3 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (WA), last Jun 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-554040
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2022
Raw hash: 03b41bb62ff6cc971fdd145d7399c46b5f5bba0f5571c11083c0e8be705f27a0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVarsity Tutors LLC

Victim entityVarsity Tutors LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 31, 2021

Stated responseRemediated the vulnerability

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov