Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Goddard Systems, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 13, 2023

Filed

Apr 18, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Goddard Systems, LLC →

Goddard Systems, LLC notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity incident affecting 6 NH residents. Suspicious activity in an employee email account was detected on Sept 13, 2023, with anomalous activity from Sept 8-13. Personal data was contained in the account, but forensic investigators found no evidence of unauthorized access. Notices were mailed April 12, 2024, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 218 days

Sep 8, 2023

Begins

Sep 13, 2023

Discovered

Apr 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 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_1e5c1df272869de42024-04-12 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_2b7d7975299a71ff2024-04-12 · +6dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_c58a1bef2ca6a4ae2024-04-12 · +6dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_fad8ef5dfb4f863b2024-04-12 · +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: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralProvided notice to other state regulators as required
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
Conducted an in-depth review of the information within the account
Conducted a secondary review of Goddard systems to identify address information
Mailed written notice of this incident to potentially impacted individuals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Reset multi-factor authentication
Revised email access policies and permission restrictions
Reviewing its data security policies and procedures
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: 31 weeks(218 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 12 · first

Washington State AGApr 12 · first

Maine State AGApr 12 · first

Indiana State AGApr 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/goddard-systems-20240418.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2024
Raw hash: e0dc5bd0ca9bb3fe82432137687552634907df8ad4fdfaee92a22ffa79e63168

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov