HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ABROAD, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2022

Filed

Sep 13, 2022

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

4422 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ABROAD, INC. →

Cultural Experiences Abroad, LLC, an education organization, reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on May 13, 2022, and was discovered on August 15, 2022. The breach affected 442 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. In response, the company provided written notification to those affected on September 13, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 13, 202229d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 94 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

May 13, 2022

Begins

Aug 15, 2022

Discovered

Sep 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_8d1ed338579dda062022-09-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_95d0134c251d411f2022-09-13Verified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ABROAD, INC.
norm: cultural experiences abroad
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
Breach occurred: May 13, 2022
Undetected for: 94 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 442state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals on September 13, 2022.
Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully-managed identity theft recovery services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 13, 2022
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 13, 2022	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 13 · first

Maine State AGSep 13 · first · this page

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f501a079-b5ec-4362-9874-249240ca0790.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2022
Raw hash: 92423504cfe369d74ba23e691536ee871a0f5d98f7ac80dabfc6ab96b5005f1a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityCULTURAL EXPERIENCES ABROAD, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals on September 13, 2022.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov