Social EngineeringTechnologyEducationInformationPhishingTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Amplify Education, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 3, 2017

Filed

Feb 16, 2017

To disclose

13 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Amplify Education, Inc. →

Amplify Education, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident on Feb 2, 2017, where an employee disclosed W-2 forms to an unauthorized individual. Discovered Feb 3, 2017. One NH resident affected (PII: name, address, SSN, wages). Notification sent Feb 17, 2017. Response included law enforcement notification and 2-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Feb 2, 2017

Begins

Feb 3, 2017

Discovered

Feb 16, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_21022fdc350929e92017-02-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_d08a77e9aef2a7562017-02-17 · +1dCandidate

Name: Amplify Education, Inc.
norm: amplify education

Name: Amplify Education, Inc.
norm: amplify education
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: Feb 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified local law enforcementNotified the IRS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the FBI, local law enforcement, and the IRS
Arranged to make credit monitoring and identity repair services available to the affected resident at no cost for two years
Taking steps to strengthen the security of the personal information which it maintains, such as additional training and updating internal policies and procedures
Changes made: Additional training
Updating internal policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 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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Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/amplify-education-20170216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2017
Raw hash: 93c399c74e207fc399d619705ff2f5d448edbbc58c467dcd8648f1490ae0a08a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmplify Education, Inc.

Victim entityAmplify Education, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 3, 2017

Stated responseNotified the FBI, local law enforcement, and the IRS

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov