HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Heinemann

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 1, 2008

Filed

Jul 15, 2008

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Heinemann →

New Hampshire Attorney General's Office received a breach notification from Pearson Education, Inc. on behalf of its affiliate, Heinemann-Raintree Publishers, on July 15, 2008. The incident involved unauthorized access to a customer database in January 2007, potentially exposing credit card numbers and personal information of 16 New Hampshire residents. Pearson notified affected customers and the credit card processor, took the websites offline temporarily, and restored them with security corrections.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 365 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 196 days

Jan 1, 2007

Begins

Jan 1, 2008

Discovered

Jul 15, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_147a2041c2cefe622008-07-15Verified

Name: Pearson Education, Inc.
norm: pearson education
Domain: pearsonassessments.com

Name: Heinemann
norm: heinemann
Domain: heinemann.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2008
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2007
Undetected for: 365 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 11, 2008
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported breach to New Hampshire Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Discontinued operation of the websites on a temporary basis
Corrected the problem that was allowing the unauthorized access
Notified credit card processor
Changes made: Restored websites and confirmed they are safe and secure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(196 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 15 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pearson-education-20080715.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2008
Raw hash: 336717f0c9fca2d64d80df04726b2e37e27825639d93c62ba65fb9261399586f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPearson Education, Inc.

Victim entityHeinemann

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2008

Stated responseDiscontinued operation of the websites on a temporary basis

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov