Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Aspiranet

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 21, 2016

Filed

Mar 25, 2016

To disclose

4 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Aspiranet →

On March 21, 2016, Aspiranet was targeted by an email spoofing scam. The incident resulted in the inadvertent disclosure of W-2 information (name, address, SSN) for current and former employees to a third party. Aspiranet detected the incident within 30 minutes, confirmed it was isolated, and offered two years of identity protection. Remediation includes policy reviews and employee training.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 21, 2016 → Notified Mar 28, 20167d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Mar 21, 2016

Begins

Mar 21, 2016

Discovered

Mar 25, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Aspiranet
norm: aspiranet
Domain: aspiranet.org

Name: Aspiranet
norm: aspiranet
Domain: aspiranet.org
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 21, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Contacted the relevant authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Confirmed that this attack was an isolated incident
Determined which employees – current and former – may have been impacted
Contacted the relevant authorities and will cooperate in any investigation
Offering two years of identity protection at no cost
Changes made: Comprehensive review of our policies and procedures for safeguarding employees’ personal information
Additional training for employees with access to that data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 7d
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 21, 2016
→ Notified: Mar 28, 2016
7d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 21, 2016 → Notified: Mar 28, 2016	7d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-60715
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2016
Raw hash: ae2d7f26ec610836d9100a603efc49ccc56653263fdc09c24ec8d57f5c0109c4

Reporting entityAspiranet

Victim entityAspiranet

Incidentdiscovered Mar 21, 2016

Stated responseConfirmed that this attack was an isolated incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov