HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WHYY, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 29, 2023

Filed

Sep 8, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WHYY, Inc →

WHYY, Inc. notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident discovered on June 29, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed systems and copied files containing names and Social Security numbers. WHYY engaged forensic specialists, reported to law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Jun 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 29, 2023

Discovered

Sep 8, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_8f308098493487ac2023-09-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_aaa2562d65d3786f2023-09-13 · +5dVerified

Name: WHYY, Inc
norm: whyy

Name: WHYY, Inc
norm: whyy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators where required

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Conducted a thorough and time-intensive review of the impacted files
Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators where required
Offering you access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Working to review and further enhance these protections as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGSep 8 · first

Montana State AGSep 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 8 (VT), last Sep 13 (MA) — a 5-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/Consumer-notification-letter-652.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2023
Raw hash: f2a17822299818d97f48048c2f81008b9503369d9033bca80361e4f5e5635935

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWHYY, Inc

Victim entityWHYY, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov