MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

American Council for International Studies

bd_ce6f170a133fdcaf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 10, 2021

Filed

Dec 3, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

3,712state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for American Council for International Studies →2 incidents on file

American Council for International Studies (ACIS) disclosed a ransomware incident affecting Washington residents. The attack occurred between May 25 and June 10, 2021, when an unknown actor encrypted systems and exfiltrated data including names, SSNs, DOBs, and passport numbers. ACIS discovered the breach on June 10, 2021, and notified 3,712 Washington residents on December 3, 2021. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 1 year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

May 25, 2021

Begins

Jun 10, 2021

Discovered

Dec 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0cfa5fef00b11ee02021-12-03Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_2b22345a0d7b36b32021-12-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_417f20105b7024322021-12-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6ceece1529a33a202021-12-03Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

California State AGbd_b51c1c9a31d338052021-12-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e554b021581b89902021-12-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_38613616484c85812021-12-09 · +6dVerified

Name: American Council for International Studies
norm: american council for international studies
Domain: acis.com

Name: American Council for International Studies
norm: american council for international studies
Domain: acis.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2021
Breach occurred: May 25, 2021 – Jun 10, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 3,712state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this event to federal law enforcementnotified other appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Secure the systems
Restore access to the information
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Notified other appropriate state regulators
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Implement additional administrative and technical safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGDec 3 · first

Oregon State AGDec 3 · first

Maine State AGDec 3 · first

Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

California State AGDec 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 3 · first

Washington State AGDec 3 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 3 (MT), last Dec 9 (NH) — a 6-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA4198.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2021
Raw hash: 3398b7646195da8a713ccf772b8fcaaf1bf55ddb88dce56f5ce6cddb1e961d6b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Council for International Studies

Victim entityAmerican Council for International Studies

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com