HackingEducationTechnologyEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC

bd_41994e74a3d0a96c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 6, 2018

Filed

Feb 6, 2019

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

171state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC →

Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC disclosed that a file containing client PII was publicly accessible and potentially accessed by an unauthorized party between May 11 and July 6, 2018. The incident was discovered on July 6, 2018. The company engaged forensic investigators, removed the file, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring. Data types included PII.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

May 11, 2018

Begins

Jul 6, 2018

Discovered

Feb 6, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e5ba9a8b0f81201a2019-02-06Verified
California State AGbd_61c59abe6c8162592018-11-26 · +72dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_aeb69775153a7b892018-11-19 · +79dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_5a13493eb8231c712018-11-13 · +85dCandidate

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Washington State AGbd_62074ff78d72913f2018-11-13 · +85dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ee8911aec0566b682018-11-13 · +85dVerified

Name: Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC
norm: pharmacy times office of continuing professional education

Name: Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC
norm: pharmacy times office of continuing professional education
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 6, 2018
Breach occurred: May 11, 2018 – Jul 6, 2018
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 171state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately removed the file from the web server
Launched an investigation
Began working with third-party forensic investigators
Notified state regulators
Offering complimentary access to 12 months of identity monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Oregon State AGNov 13 · first

Washington State AGNov 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+85d

Montana State AG+85d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 13 (OR), last Feb 6 (MT) — a 85-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Pharmacy-Times-Office-of-Continuing-Professional-Education-UPDATE.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2019
Raw hash: 7d95d0ca576d552f80b1b7299f22c09e661c9a9e2d414999f52d37778f2bc89e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC

Victim entityPharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 6, 2018

Stated responseImmediately removed the file from the web server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov