HackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Perspectives USA

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 15, 2015

Filed

Mar 2, 2015

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Perspectives USA →

Perspectives experienced a database breach in September 2014 due to a vulnerability in its class site, which was exploited for an unauthorized advertising attack. The organization discovered the breach in mid-January 2015. The attacker had access to the database containing eCheck information (bank account/routing numbers) and potentially other personal data, though no credit card data was stored. Perspectives temporarily disabled payment options, increased encryption, secured systems, and engaged law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 129 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Sep 8, 2014

Begins

Jan 15, 2015

Discovered

Mar 2, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Name: Perspectives USA
norm: perspectives usa
Domain: perspectives.org

Name: Perspectives USA
norm: perspectives usa
Domain: perspectives.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 15, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 8, 2014
Undetected for: 129 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Temporarily closed down payment options on the Perspectives website
Shut down some functionality on the website to further protect any new financial identity information
Report to, and work with, law enforcement in pursuing the website attacker
Changes made: Increased encryption level
Remedied the vulnerabilities and secured our systems to industry standards or greater
Further long term security enhancements to the site and system security
Run regular vulnerability testing
Reconstruct our production database data to remedy any data that may have lost its integrity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48592
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2015
Raw hash: 64c29c9fe246f4c5cab4bf9448395d647a29ec55f140b3a00388b5bb4c201100

Reporting entityPerspectives USA

Victim entityPerspectives USA

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2015

Stated responseTemporarily closed down payment options on the Perspectives website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov