MalwareRetail & ConsumerEducationRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Sophia Institute Press

bd_918fc0a0441e94a1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 17, 2022

Filed

Dec 12, 2022

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sophia Institute Press →

Sophia Institute Press notified customers of a cyber-attack involving malware that may have stolen payment card data (cardholder name, address, card number, expiration date, CVV) from e-commerce websites between November 26, 2021, and July 23, 2022. The incident was discovered on March 17, 2022. The company engaged forensic specialists, implemented additional security procedures, and notified payment card brands and regulators.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 17, 2022 → Notified Nov 22, 2022250d ✗ CA 60-day late39 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 270 days

Nov 26, 2021

Begins

Mar 17, 2022

Discovered

Dec 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7ec35e9f1817a4b02022-12-12Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8f7b642c5cd834be2022-12-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_f4a95038116058e62022-12-12Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc35dccdb2c7a2562022-12-13 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_c54828ce4eb18d6b2022-12-16 · +4dVerified

Name: Sophia Institute Press
norm: sophia institute press
Domain: sophiainstitute.com

Name: Sophia Institute Press
norm: sophia institute press
Domain: sophiainstitute.com
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmEducationllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 26, 2021 – Jul 23, 2022
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators, as required

During the incident: Began working with third-party forensic specialists to determine what happened and what information may have been affected
Implemented additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit card information on our websites
Notified the major payment card brands and its card processor of the incident and the steps taken to return to processing payment card transactions securely
Notified state regulators, as required
Changes made: Working to improve security protocols already in place to continue to protect against potential unauthorized activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(270 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 250d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 17, 2022
→ Notified: Nov 22, 2022
250d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 17, 2022 → Notified: Nov 22, 2022	250d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGDec 12 · first

Indiana State AGDec 12 · first

Montana State AGDec 12 · first

California State AGDec 12 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-559963
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2022
Raw hash: 73f30d6b3044e258c17580f96f0ba7dcb09bf1c2b3ada2e08d97e3fc44bd5ad7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySophia Institute Press

Victim entitySophia Institute Press

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2022

Stated responseBegan working with third-party forensic specialists to determine what happened and what information may have been affected

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov