Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Benchmark Education Company, LLC

bd_ff7ecb9acdf3e215 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 30, 2019

Filed

Mar 13, 2020

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Benchmark Education Company, LLC →2 incidents on file

Benchmark Education Company notified affected individuals of a phishing incident where unauthorized persons accessed employee email accounts between July 2 and July 30, 2019. The incident involved the potential exposure of personal information contained in emails. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured accounts, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 227 days

Jul 2, 2019

Begins

Jul 30, 2019

Discovered

Mar 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_b3460ec66cd6003b2020-03-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f6d702769e1b2bf12020-03-13Verified

Name: Benchmark Education Company, LLC
norm: benchmark education

Name: Benchmark Education Company, LLC
norm: benchmark education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 30, 2019
Breach occurred: Jul 2, 2019 – Jul 30, 2019
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the accounts
Launched an investigation
Engaged a leading cyber security firm to assist us
Conducted a thorough review of the contents of the email accounts
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(227 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMar 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 13 · first

Montana State AGMar 13 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-136.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2020
Raw hash: 462330f83f2dc35a6e49d9b9f9b11c3cb852f32493edbf3b2c18913de4c5b064

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenchmark Education Company, LLC

Victim entityBenchmark Education Company, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov