AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Varsity Tutors LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

Jun 9, 2022

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

32state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Varsity Tutors LLC →

Varsity Tutors LLC notified the NH AG of a data event involving a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket. Unauthorized access or acquisition of government-issued photo ID for 32 NH residents was possible between Nov 1-6, 2021. Varsity Tutors remediated the bucket, investigated, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Jun 9, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_13a8de957b4ea2e52022-06-03 · +6dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_3974dd33e60b4d4b2022-06-03 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_601e2d05841b7b9e2022-06-03 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_81d4e565c2e253ea2022-06-03 · +6dVerified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_98523dfca32ae99f2022-06-03 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b6cb41de187857522022-06-03 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e423db69abbd12bb2022-06-03 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Varsity Tutors LLC
norm: varsity tutors
Domain: varsitytutors.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2021 – Nov 6, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2022
Affected individuals: 32state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage ObjectT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Remediated the misconfiguration
Commenced an investigation
Evaluated the permissions within the storage bucket
Undertook a thorough and time-intensive review of the data stored within the potentially impacted S3 bucket
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Equifax
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to additional relevant state regulators
Provided written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Remediated the misconfiguration
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(251 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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California State AGJun 3 · first

Washington State AGJun 3 · first

Montana State AGJun 3 · first

Oregon State AGJun 3 · first

Indiana State AGJun 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 3 · first

Maine State AGJun 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (CA), last Jun 9 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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State AG / regulator filingThis record

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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/varsity-20220609.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 9, 2022
Raw hash: a1680b1086a3525b84e4f1e463af3c84028685f2b93882c643d6b778effa1a3a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityVarsity Tutors LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2021

Stated responseRemediated the misconfiguration

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov