Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Goddard Systems, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2023

Filed

Apr 12, 2024

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

640state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Goddard Systems, LLC →

Goddard Systems, LLC reported a cybersecurity incident affecting 640 Washington residents. Suspicious activity was detected in an employee's email account on September 13, 2023, following unauthorized access between September 8-13, 2023. The incident involved personal data including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, and digital signatures. Goddard engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of data exfiltration was found.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d30 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 212 days

Sep 8, 2023

Begins

Sep 13, 2023

Discovered

Apr 12, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1e5c1df272869de42024-04-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_c58a1bef2ca6a4ae2024-04-12Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_fad8ef5dfb4f863b2024-04-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_47e19a6c018ade832024-04-18 · +6dVerified

Name: Goddard Systems, LLC
norm: goddard systems

Name: Goddard Systems, LLC
norm: goddard systems
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 8, 2023 – Sep 13, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2024
Affected individuals: 640state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthUnique private key
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice of this incident to other state regulators as requiredNotified Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to further secure the email account
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigation firm
Offered potentially impacted individuals with (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services and minor cyber monitoring
Notified state regulators
Changes made: Reset multi-factor authentication
Revised email access policies and permission restrictions
Reviewing its data security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(212 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 12 · first

Maine State AGApr 12 · first

Indiana State AGApr 12 · first

Washington State AGApr 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Apr 12 (MA), last Apr 18 (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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA28651.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2024
Raw hash: 8f36e29594894605a6ba98b87063a092ef3caf5e32dec4bde620b7bbe6b74e44

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGoddard Systems, LLC

Victim entityGoddard Systems, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to further secure the email account

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com