MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Sophia Institute Press

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 17, 2022

Filed

Dec 12, 2022

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

99state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sophia Institute Press →

Sophia Institute Press notified customers of a cyber-attack compromising payment card data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs) for transactions made between Nov 26, 2021 and Jul 23, 2022. Suspicious activity was detected on March 17, 2022. The company engaged forensic specialists and notified card brands and regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 270 days

Nov 26, 2021

Begins

Mar 17, 2022

Discovered

Dec 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7ec35e9f1817a4b02022-12-12Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8f7b642c5cd834be2022-12-12Verified
California State AGbd_918fc0a0441e94a12022-12-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc35dccdb2c7a2562022-12-13 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_c54828ce4eb18d6b2022-12-16 · +4dVerified

Name: Sophia Institute Press
norm: sophia institute press
Domain: sophiainstitute.com

Name: Sophia Institute Press
norm: sophia institute press
Domain: sophiainstitute.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 26, 2021 – Jul 23, 2022
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2022
Affected individuals: 99state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified state regulators

During the incident: Began working with third-party forensic specialists
Took steps to implement additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit card information
Notified the major payment card brands and its card processor
Notified state regulators
Changes made: Working to improve security protocols already in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(270 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGDec 12 · first

Indiana State AGDec 12 · first

California State AGDec 12 · first

Montana State AGDec 12 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-772.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2022
Raw hash: 80ffe45ab4786ce9af50039165bc7443a9fc3acbd02868dc10a3455f51381cd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySophia Institute Press

Victim entitySophia Institute Press

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2022

Stated responseBegan working with third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov