HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Audubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 8, 2024

Filed

Jun 26, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Audubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org) →

Audubon Nature Institute notified consumers on June 26, 2024, of a data breach discovered on April 8, 2024. Unauthorized access resulted in the potential acquisition of full names and Social Security Numbers. The Institute engaged forensic specialists and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Apr 8, 2024

Discovered

Jun 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by inc_ransom about this victim predates this filing by 63 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinc_ransombd_5e0248de0ef5c7ed2024-04-23 · +63dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_ebe4d4420fc65ab62024-06-26Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9bff5a7183b284ef2024-07-02 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0dc5c783740b517a2024-07-08 · +12dVerified by operator

Name: Audubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org)
norm: audubon nature institute auduboninstituteorg
Domain: auduboninstitute.org

Name: Audubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org)
norm: audubon nature institute auduboninstituteorg
Domain: auduboninstitute.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 8, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy
Securing the network
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJun 26 · first

Vermont State AGJun 26 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Jun 26 (IN), last Jul 8 (MA) — a 12-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-06-26-audubon-nature-institute-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2024
Raw hash: 14e778104aa1fd9303d79d14db3eb089ec87e651b48253df8c94abccaa87566f

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAudubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org)

Victim entityAudubon Nature Institute (auduboninstitute.org)

Incidentdiscovered Apr 8, 2024

Stated responseEngaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov