MalwareEducationTechnologyEducationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHighContained

Aspen Education Group, Inc.

bd_34744afa1ba66078 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 13, 2020

Filed

May 10, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1,958state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Aspen Education Group, Inc. →

Aspen Education Group, Inc. notified Washington AG of a Dec 13, 2020 cyberattack where malware was deployed and documents containing PII (names, DOB, SSN, health info) of 1,958 WA residents were accessed. Notifications mailed May 10, 2021, offering 1-year credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Dec 13, 2020

Begins

Dec 13, 2020

Discovered

May 10, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_052f4bf2739cfac72021-05-10Verified
Maine State AGbd_0865925933581bec2021-05-10Verified
Oregon State AGbd_2081fad577584ba62021-05-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_4648cad644e44e502021-05-10Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 129d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ac53a76c327f53ae2021-05-10Verified
California State AGbd_e4f4fee341eb24602021-05-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e59680f4b9f2c1ec2021-05-10Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_b39fda732a0c3e9f2021-05-11 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_ea11653c71231cb12021-01-01 · +129dCandidate

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Aspen Education Group, Inc.
norm: aspen education
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 13, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 10, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,958state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthHealth insurance ID
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Began an investigation with the assistance of a computer forensic firm
Began mailing notification letters to the Washington residents
Offered the individuals a complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Continuing to regularly audit its systems for potential unauthorized activity
Implemented and will continue to implement enhanced network monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+129d

Maine State AG+129d

Oregon State AG+129d

Montana State AG+129d

Massachusetts State AG+129d

California State AG+129d

Indiana State AG+129d

Washington State AG+129d · this page

South Carolina State AG+130d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last May 11 (SC) — a 130-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/BreachM10463.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2021
Raw hash: 584723f10f5c4cceede38b2a270a04492d6a4898dbbb5aa6a2c4b0cff15c587c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityAspen Education Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com