HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

WORLD LEARNING INC.

bd_a070698045db5ed9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Nov 27, 2023

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for WORLD LEARNING INC. →2 incidents on file

World Learning Inc. notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between April 20 and June 6, 2023. Suspicious activity was discovered on June 6, 2023. The breach impacted names and other data elements. No evidence of misuse was found. World Learning took servers offline, engaged law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 47 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 174 days

Apr 20, 2023

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 173 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_48290a6c045d39fc2023-06-07 · +173dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_199a6e8267e17c922023-11-27Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_846f322cb211db162023-11-27Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_a3a61bbacaba5bfc2023-11-27Verified
Washington State AGbd_b0a3cbdc681bd96a2023-11-27Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 138d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d42b97ecb62598042023-11-27Verified
Vermont State AGbd_4f21bc708190f1f72023-07-12 · +138dVerified by operator

Name: WORLD LEARNING INC.
norm: world learning
Domain: worldlearning.org

Name: WORLD LEARNING INC.
norm: world learning
Domain: worldlearning.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 20, 2023 – Jun 6, 2023
Undetected for: 47 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying relevant regulators, as required
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the servers offline
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Undertook a thorough and comprehensive review of the impacted data
Notified law enforcement
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Transunion
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures
Assessing new cybersecurity tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(174 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJul 12 · first

Maine State AG+138d

Massachusetts State AG+138d

Montana State AG+138d

Washington State AG+138d

New Hampshire State AG+138d

Vermont State AG+138d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (VT), last Nov 27 (VT) — a 138-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-27-world-learning-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2023
Raw hash: 0c145de29f71ec695ec8181bf0f5bb5fc3a74395d5137b6bf11cc2059b613b37

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Victim entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responseTook the servers offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov