AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

California Virtual Academies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 9, 2015

Filed

Jan 25, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for California Virtual Academies →

California Virtual Academies (CAVA) notified employees of a data security incident discovered on December 9, 2015. A data security researcher identified a vulnerability in a data storage system. CAVA, with support from vendor K12 Inc., secured the data within hours. Forensic analysis indicated unauthorized access was limited to the researcher who flagged the issue. Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been accessed. CAVA offered 12 months of identity theft protection and credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 9, 2015 → Notified Jan 13, 201635d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Dec 9, 2015

Begins

Dec 9, 2015

Discovered

Jan 25, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: California Virtual Academies
norm: california virtual academies
Domain: cava.k12.com

Name: California Virtual Academies
norm: california virtual academies
Domain: cava.k12.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 9, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2015 – Dec 9, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: External
Third party: via K12 Inc.
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the data within hours of the initial notification
Taken proactive steps with its vendor to tighten security
Run additional security checks
A third party firm conducted an assessment of this vulnerability
Conducted a forensic analysis to determine any unauthorized access
Changes made: Offering free identity theft protection services through ProtectMyID for twelve (12) months
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring
Providing an insurance reimbursement policy
Providing educational materials and access to ProtectMyID’s fraud resolution representatives
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 35d
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: Dec 9, 2015
→ Notified: Jan 13, 2016
35d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 9, 2015 → Notified: Jan 13, 2016	35d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-59786
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2016
Raw hash: 47a751b31fe88377392ce24ff31c6baa79689f7cb312357728064d1c0ef6938f

Reporting entityCalifornia Virtual Academies

Victim entityCalifornia Virtual Academies

Incidentdiscovered Dec 9, 2015

Stated responseSecured the data within hours of the initial notification

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov