Social EngineeringTechnologyEducationInformationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Amplify Education, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 3, 2017

Filed

Feb 17, 2017

To disclose

14 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Amplify Education, Inc. →

Amplify Education, Inc. disclosed a phishing incident on Feb 2, 2017, discovered Feb 3, 2017. 2016 W-2 forms containing names, addresses, SSNs, and wage data of current/former employees were exposed. The company notified the IRS, FBI, and NYPD, engaged legal counsel, and offered two years of Equifax ID Patrol protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Feb 2, 2017

Begins

Feb 3, 2017

Discovered

Feb 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

17 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_21022fdc350929e92017-02-16 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6fa992f21db646802017-02-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Amplify Education, Inc.
norm: amplify education

Name: Amplify Education, Inc.
norm: amplify education
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: Feb 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 13, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Internal Revenue ServiceNotified Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified New York Police Department
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified and will fully cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New York Police Department
Working with outside legal counsel to take appropriate steps in responding to this incident
Taking steps to strengthen protection of personal information
Partnered with Equifax to provide ID Patrol identity theft protection product for two years at no charge
Changes made: Taking steps to strengthen protection of personal information
Continuing to closely monitor and take further steps as appropriate to safeguard such information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 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 AGFeb 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AG+1d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amplify.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2017
Raw hash: 0b694c2dfaa6810ae8bbb1c6082a0f83f05e0e3c4be76fc093b4870c4e9ba907

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmplify Education, Inc.

Victim entityAmplify Education, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 3, 2017

Stated responseNotified and will fully cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New York Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov