MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Aspen Education Group, Inc.

bd_4648cad644e44e50 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 13, 2020

Filed

May 10, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

263state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Aspen Education Group, Inc. →

Aspen Education Group, Inc. notified Montana residents of a December 13, 2020 incident where an unauthorized person gained access to its network and deployed malware. The incident involved the acquisition of documents containing names, addresses, and dates of birth. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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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
Washington State AGbd_34744afa1ba660782021-05-10Verified

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: Aspen Education Group, Inc.
norm: aspen education

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

Discovered: Dec 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 13, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 263state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Began an investigation with the assistance of a computer forensic firm
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Continuing to regularly audit systems for potential unauthorized activity
Implemented enhanced network monitoring tools
Changes made: Implemented enhanced network monitoring tools
Continuing to regularly audit systems for potential unauthorized activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Washington State AG+129d

Massachusetts State AG+129d

California State AG+129d

Indiana State AG+129d

Montana 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Aspen-Notif.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: a31c2b27005172d35fcf989f4064039f542256519223f0f58f907fcb2e3f5ae0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAspen Education Group, Inc.

Victim entityAspen Education Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov