HackingEducationProfessional ServicesEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CriticalContained

Association of Texas Professional Educators

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 12, 2024

Filed

Jun 14, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

426,28027 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Association of Texas Professional Educators →

Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) disclosed an external system breach discovered on February 12, 2024. Unauthorized users accessed systems containing employee, member, and dependent PII including SSNs, medical records, and financial account data. ATPE engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, and notified 426,280 individuals, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 12, 2024 → Filed with AG Jun 14, 2024123d ✗ ME AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Feb 12, 2024

Begins

Feb 12, 2024

Discovered

Jun 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2cd1ae01182c4a8b2024-06-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_d901a8608b76705d2024-06-14Candidate
California State AGbd_d9cc5d80e842009f2024-06-14Verified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Association of Texas Professional Educators
norm: association of texas professional educators
Industry: EducationllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 426,280state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm and IT personnel to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Changed administrative credentials
Installed enhanced security safeguards on ATPE environment and endpoints
Restored ATPE website in a Microsoft Azure hosted environment
Posted substitute notice on its website
Provided media notice
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Cyberscout
Changes made: Installed enhanced security safeguards on ATPE environment and endpoints
Restored ATPE website in a Microsoft Azure hosted environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 123d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 12, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jun 14, 2024
123d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 12, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jun 14, 2024	123d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 14 · first

Montana State AGJun 14 · first

California State AGJun 14 · first

Maine State AGJun 14 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/3124b9bf-341b-445a-b927-c8dd1c77b348.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2024
Raw hash: d3e62ef70a475f38ee87d09c30ff83d99f7b9e1c1927020f0ac7de14e009997f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityAssociation of Texas Professional Educators

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov