HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Encounter for Culture & Education

bd_511702173ddea95e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 4, 2024

Filed

Jul 23, 2025

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Encounter for Culture & Education →

Encounter for Culture & Education reported a cybersecurity incident on September 4, 2024, where two employee email accounts were subject to unauthorized access. The organization secured its network and engaged outside cybersecurity professionals for an investigation. The investigation revealed that certain files on the network may have been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized actor. The specific types of personal information involved were redacted in the provided notice. No specific count of affected individuals was disclosed in the text.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday46 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 · 46 weeks / 322 days

Sep 4, 2024

Discovered

Jul 23, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7e7e993242f8df7c2025-07-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb34b7b4f14e4b522025-07-28 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fdf02d702404adc52025-07-28 · +5dVerified

Name: Encounter for Culture & Education
norm: encounter for culture education

Name: Encounter for Culture & Education
norm: encounter for culture education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 4, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured our network
Launched an immediate investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Devoted considerable time and effort to determine what, if any, information was impacted by this incident
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(322 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 AGJul 23 · first

Vermont State AGJul 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 23 (IN), last Jul 28 (NH) — 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-07-23-encounter-culture-and-education-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 23, 2025
Raw hash: 87f45d0085bd1940969555f37f4246d712f2901e159ebf82372b2c60e3a91121

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEncounter for Culture & Education

Victim entityEncounter for Culture & Education

Incidentdiscovered Sep 4, 2024

Stated responseSecured our network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov