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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

WORLD LEARNING INC.

bd_199a6e8267e17c92 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Nov 27, 2023

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,02234 in this filing

Linked

8 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for WORLD LEARNING INC. →2 incidents on file

World Learning, Inc., an educational organization, reported a data breach affecting 34 Maine residents. The breach, an external system hacking incident, occurred on April 20, 2023, and was discovered on June 6, 2023. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on November 27, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 6, 2023 → Filed with AG Nov 27, 2023174d ⏱ ME AG >30d25 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 47 days
discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 174 days

Apr 20, 2023

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 173 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 138d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJul 12 · first
Massachusetts State AG+138d
Vermont State AG+138d
Montana State AG+138d
Washington State AG+138d
New Hampshire State AG+138d
Maine State AG+138d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (VT), last Nov 27 (ME) — a 138-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.