AccidentalEducationEducationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Classical Conversations, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Jul 7, 2023

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Classical Conversations, Inc →2 incidents on file

Classical Conversations, Inc. notified consumers of a data breach involving its third-party HR software. An unintentional misconfiguration by the software provider allowed unauthorized viewing of employee and contractor personal information (including SSNs, DOBs, and financial data) between March 14 and June 7, 2023. The incident was discovered on June 6, 2023, and the system was reconfigured on June 7, 2023. Kroll was engaged to provide 24 months of free identity monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Mar 14, 2023

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_2a6db9bc0c99ce5d2023-07-07Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_81137cb6b12201952023-07-07Verified
Maine State AGbd_94dddbeb90dd02682023-07-07Verified

Name: Classical Conversations, Inc
norm: classical conversations

Name: Classical Conversations, Inc
norm: classical conversations
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2023 – Jun 7, 2023
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Vermont Attorney General

During the incident: Consulted with cybersecurity experts
Worked with HR software service provider to respond and investigate
Reconfigured the HR software system
Secured services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for 24 months
Changes made: Reconfigured the HR software system so that each employee’s or contractor’s data is only available to that employee or contractor
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJul 7 · first

Indiana State AGJul 7 · first

Maine State AGJul 7 · first

Vermont State AGJul 7 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-07-classical-conversations-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2023
Raw hash: 83c81a10dc2468b75644de3d55d0d21bfda01f381441fbfb2d50760a1400c609

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityClassical Conversations, Inc

Victim entityClassical Conversations, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responseConsulted with cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov