PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumActive

WORLD LEARNING INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 3, 2019

Filed

Sep 23, 2019

To disclose

20 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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

World Learning reported the theft of two laptops in Chile on September 3, 2019, containing personal data of students. The incident exposed names, DOBs, passport numbers, grades, and Chilean IDs for 3 New Hampshire residents. Notification was sent on September 23, 2019.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Sep 3, 2019

Discovered

Sep 23, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a5cb7114b76cb3dd2019-09-23Verified

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

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

Discovered: Sep 3, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2019
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Shutting down both email and network access to both devices
Initiated an internal review
Changes made: Sent a reminder to all employees to strictly follow the organization’s policy on encrypting devices
Reminded employees to avoid downloading sensitive information on local computers unless absolutely necessary
In the process of implementing a cloud based solution, with the ability to restrict download access for certain files and users
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 23 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/world-learning-20190923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2019
Raw hash: 84c4cbe066c64a08bad137201e93fca82adc9b25f43edaecce6ed4b0bba9b09d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Victim entityWORLD LEARNING INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 3, 2019

Stated responseShutting down both email and network access to both devices

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov