MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Aspen Education Group, Inc.

bd_b39fda732a0c3e9f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 13, 2020

Filed

May 11, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1,060state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Aspen Education Group, Inc. →

Aspen Education Group, Inc. notified South Carolina residents of a December 13, 2020 incident where an unauthorized person gained access to its network and deployed malware. The incident may have exposed names, addresses, and dates of birth. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of Experian Identity Works. No misuse was indicated.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

Dec 13, 2020

Begins

Dec 13, 2020

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_052f4bf2739cfac72021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0865925933581bec2021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_2081fad577584ba62021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_34744afa1ba660782021-05-10 · +1dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 130d gap

Montana State AGbd_4648cad644e44e502021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac53a76c327f53ae2021-05-10 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_e4f4fee341eb24602021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e59680f4b9f2c1ec2021-05-10 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_ea11653c71231cb12021-01-01 · +130dCandidate

Name: Aspen Education Group, Inc.
norm: aspen education

Name: Aspen Education Group, Inc.
norm: aspen education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 13, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,060state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Began an investigation with the assistance of a computer forensic firm
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership of Experian Identity Works Credit 3B
Continuing to regularly audit our systems for potential unauthorized activity
Implemented enhanced network monitoring tools
Changes made: Continuing to regularly audit our systems for potential unauthorized activity
Implemented enhanced network monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+129d

Maine State AG+129d

Oregon State AG+129d

Washington State AG+129d

Montana State AG+129d

Massachusetts State AG+129d

California State AG+129d

Indiana State AG+129d

South Carolina State AG+130d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last May 11 (SC) — a 130-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/AspenEducationGroup.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2021
Raw hash: 4f12b4acb6acfe556b510aaae5ccd8b63ee7ffce48516388ca9086b3341a3135

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAspen Education Group, Inc.

Victim entityAspen Education Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov