HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Animal Behavior College, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 28, 2021

Filed

Jul 16, 2021

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

1,84710 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Animal Behavior College, Inc. →

Animal Behavior College, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cyberattack occurring around March 30, 2021, discovered June 28, 2021. Approximately 1,847 individuals were affected, including 10 NH residents. Data involved names, SSNs, addresses, DOBs, and driver's licenses. ABC engaged forensic experts, reported to the FBI, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 90 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Mar 30, 2021

Begins

Jun 28, 2021

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2f60068d80efae6a2021-07-15 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_92ebf5c881aaf7192021-07-13 · +3dVerified

Name: Jackson Lewis
norm: jackson lewis
Domain: jacksonlewis.com

Name: Animal Behavior College, Inc.
norm: animal behavior college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2021
Undetected for: 90 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,847state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General for New Hampshirereported the Incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine the scope of the Incident and identify those potentially affected
Working with its information technology team and third-party forensic experts
Engaged a firm to perform data mining on the impacted files/folders on the drive
Reported the Incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)
Offering complimentary access to identity monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Reexamining its current privacy and data security, policies and procedures to find ways of reducing the risk of future data incidents
Reviewing its technical security policies and procedures and making improvements where it can to minimize the chances of this happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 13 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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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/animal-behavior-college-20210716.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2021
Raw hash: b0ca4b9db7a9fc791e83333e4f288f663bf0223d8507d5a7f8e63aec392c1b14

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJackson Lewis

Victim entityAnimal Behavior College, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine the scope of the Incident and identify those potentially affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov