Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Aquarium of the Pacific

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 3, 2025

Filed

Sep 26, 2025

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Aquarium of the Pacific notified consumers of a cybersecurity event involving unauthorized access to a single employee email account between April 19 and June 3, 2025. The incident was discovered on June 3, 2025, following unusual activity. The breach likely exposed first and last names. No evidence of misuse was found. The organization engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday16 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 · 45 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

Apr 19, 2025

Begins

Jun 3, 2025

Discovered

Sep 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Aquarium of the Pacific
norm: aquarium of the pacific
Domain: flaquarium.org

Name: Aquarium of the Pacific
norm: aquarium of the pacific
Domain: flaquarium.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2025 – Jun 3, 2025
Undetected for: 45 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate
Changed account passwords
Reviewed policies and procedures
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for 12 months provided by Epiq - Privacy Solutions ID
Changes made: Reviewed policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

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/2025-09-26-aquarium-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2025
Raw hash: 6ec3e177ddabddcb3b45fb1575f59ac987e0dffbde10fefed5992fe3206b411c

Reporting entityAquarium of the Pacific

Victim entityAquarium of the Pacific

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2025

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov