HackingEducationTechnologyEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Braingenie

bd_f411ce56e9292ea9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

Jul 27, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Braingenie →

Braingenie disclosed that unauthorized actors accessed its systems starting in late February 2020. The company became aware of the incident in early June 2020 after receiving a report. Investigation confirmed that a small amount of personal information, including user login credentials (username/email and potentially derived passwords), was obtained from a test database. Braingenie engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, enhanced security protocols, and prompted affected users to change passwords.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 1, 2020 → Notified Jul 15, 202044d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 94 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Feb 28, 2020

Begins

Jun 1, 2020

Discovered

Jul 27, 2020

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: Braingenie
norm: braingenie
Domain: braingenie.ck12.org

Name: Braingenie
norm: braingenie
Domain: braingenie.ck12.org
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2020
Undetected for: 94 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 15, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: CredentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement investigation

During the incident: Commenced an investigation with the assistance of outside forensic experts and law enforcement
Reviewed security protocols and taken additional steps to enhance security
Continued to cooperate with law enforcement investigation
Prompted users to change passwords upon login
Changes made: Reviewed security protocols
Taken additional steps to enhance security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 44d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
→ Notified: Jul 15, 2020
44d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 1, 2020 → Notified: Jul 15, 2020	44d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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/sb24-192443
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2020
Raw hash: fa0b6210b2c08b2b82120443b4be3e09b191c4330a15284e9b37f83c85c0ee2c

Reporting entityBraingenie

Victim entityBraingenie

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation with the assistance of outside forensic experts and law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov