Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WORLD LEARNING INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2023

Filed

Jul 12, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WORLD LEARNING INC. →2 incidents on file

World Learning Inc. notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown actor gained unauthorized access to an employee's email account from April 6, 2023 to June 1, 2023 via phishing. The incident exposed names and passport images. World Learning secured the account and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 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

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Apr 6, 2023

Begins

Jun 1, 2023

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 35 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_48290a6c045d39fc2023-06-07 · +35dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_199a6e8267e17c922023-11-27 · +138dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_846f322cb211db162023-11-27 · +138dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_a070698045db5ed92023-11-27 · +138dVerified
Montana State AGbd_a3a61bbacaba5bfc2023-11-27 · +138dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_b0a3cbdc681bd96a2023-11-27 · +138dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d42b97ecb62598042023-11-27 · +138dVerified

Name: WORLD LEARNING INC.
norm: world learning
Domain: worldlearning.org

Name: WORLD LEARNING INC.
norm: world learning
Domain: worldlearning.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 6, 2023 – Jun 1, 2023
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 12, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Investigated to determine those individuals that were affected
Secured the compromised account
Taking additional steps to improve security
Offer you twelve months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Taking additional steps to improve security and better protect against similar incidents in the future
Enhance the security of our email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 7 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJul 12 · first · this page

Maine State AG+138d

Massachusetts State AG+138d

Vermont State AG+138d

Montana State AG+138d

Washington State AG+138d

New Hampshire State AG+138d

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (VT), last Nov 27 (NH) — a 138-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/2023-07-12-world-learning-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2023
Raw hash: 6a546392236e0f70bf3c017827f3b159ed1a3d08f3f8abf9d503ca697b26761d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Victim entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2023

Stated responseInvestigated to determine those individuals that were affected

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov