AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2016

Filed

Sep 19, 2016

To disclose

27 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Ascensus, Inc., recordkeeper for the Menzies Aviation (USA), Inc. 401(k) Plan, notified the California Attorney General of a data breach. On August 23, 2016, Ascensus discovered a website configuration error that inadvertently allowed the plan administrator of another Ascensus retirement plan to access personal information of participants. The exposed data included names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers. The configuration error was immediately terminated upon discovery. Ascensus offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection through TrustedID to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 23, 2016 → Notified Sep 21, 201629d ✓ CA 60-day OK27 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 116 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Apr 29, 2016

Begins

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

Washington State AGbd_0e64e4ea4ae98e3e2016-09-19Candidate

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

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

Discovered: Aug 23, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2016
Undetected for: 116 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Immediately terminated the configuration that allowed this inadvertent access
Offering a complimentary 12-month identity protection package through TrustedID
Changes made: Evaluating additional steps that we can take to ensure that 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: CA 60-day OK · 29d
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: Aug 23, 2016
→ Notified: Sep 21, 2016
29d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 23, 2016 → Notified: Sep 21, 2016	29d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGSep 19 · first

California 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-63931
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: b95147ac0e2254dcc817dee8087e5dd30170385c772cf1666bf1bb41da6d3332

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAscensus Group Holdings, Inc.

Victim entityAscensus Group Holdings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2016

Stated responseImmediately terminated the configuration that allowed this inadvertent access

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov