HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

AccessLex Institute

bd_587cac05b083faad · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 26, 2024

Filed

Oct 8, 2024

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AccessLex Institute →3 incidents on file

AccessLex Institute (dba Access Group) notified of a third-party vendor breach by FBCS. Unauthorized access to client PII (SSN, DOB, financial accounts) occurred on Feb 26, 2024. Notices sent July 16, 2024. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 225 days

Feb 26, 2024

Begins

Feb 26, 2024

Discovered

Oct 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_30bbc40e8991bdb42024-10-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b133e6efb8f9b3552024-08-14 · +55dCandidate

Name: AccessLex Institute
norm: accesslex institute

Name: AccessLex Institute
norm: accesslex institute
Also named: AccessLex Institutedba oflegal entity
Access Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 26, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Providing access to credit monitoring and fraud assistance services at no charge
Ensuring Access Group borrowers are properly notified
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(225 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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Indiana State AGAug 14 · first

California State AG+55d

Montana State AG+55d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 14 (IN), last Oct 8 (MT) — a 55-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-1747.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2024
Raw hash: 6717e450fc3a387be4dde951ea3287247c57947bddd5cedb8d13905cee5ec783

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAccessLex Institute

Victim entityAccessLex Institute

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2024

Stated responseProviding access to credit monitoring and fraud assistance services at no charge

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov