MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Educents Inc.

bd_c249d1f2facc095e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 18, 2016

Filed

Nov 22, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Educents Inc. →

Educents Inc. notified the NH AG of a cyber-intrusion between Sept 26 and Oct 18, 2016, affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access potentially exposed credit card numbers and PII. Educents detected the incident on Oct 18, 2016, locked down systems, removed malware, and sent notices on Nov 16, 2016.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 22 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Sep 26, 2016

Begins

Oct 18, 2016

Discovered

Nov 22, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_59498f99bb48bc042016-11-22Verified

Name: GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
norm: goodwin procter
Domain: goodwinlaw.com

Name: Educents Inc.
norm: educents
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2016 – Oct 18, 2016
Undetected for: 22 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2016
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Locked down its systems
Removed the malware that was responsible for the issue
Conducting an internal review of its systems
Changes made: Conducting an internal review of its systems to help further protect against similar attacks in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 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 AGNov 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 22 · 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/educents-20161122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2016
Raw hash: 5671de1cd3638fcbc180f5279c852efa31ccdbf8e661ff1502cf0f8c82971adf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Victim entityEducents Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 18, 2016

Stated responseLocked down its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov