CHEGG, INC.
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Disclosures
2
State AG · 1 jurisdiction
Incidents
—
no linked incident in sample
Max affected reported
700
nationwide · State AG CA
Leak-site claims
0
none in sample
Identity resolution
- Canonical name
- CHEGG, INC.
- Normalized
- chegg— dedupe via name-norm; Microsoft / MSFT collapse to one row
- GLEIF LEI
- 549300AKX7O8JG0O3G77
- SEC EDGAR CIK
- 0001364954
- Domain
- chegg.com
Disclosure history (2)newest first
- 🐻California State AGas victim2020-04-27
Chegg, Inc. notified the California Attorney General that an outside hacker illegally obtained employee information for approximately 700 current and former U.S. employees on or about April 9, 2020. The company discovered the incident on April 10, 2020. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. Chegg retained a third-party forensic firm, notified law enforcement, and is offering two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian.
- 🐻California State AGas victim2018-09-26
In September 2018, Chegg, Inc. discovered that on or around April 29, 2018, an unauthorized party accessed a database hosting user data for Chegg.com and its family of student services. Potentially compromised data included names, email addresses, shipping addresses, Chegg usernames, and hashed passwords. No financial information such as credit card numbers, bank account info, or SSNs was believed to have been obtained.
Subsidiary disclosures (4)filed by group companies
◈ These filings were made by or about subsidiaries of CHEGG, INC. — not by CHEGG, INC. itself. Corporate relationships are mapped from GLEIF relationship records and SEC Exhibit 21 filings.
- 🐻California State AGvia Mathway LLC2020-05-22
Mathway LLC reported a data security incident where unauthorized parties acquired customer account data, specifically email addresses and hashed/salted passwords. The breach was discovered on May 15, 2024, following a tip. Mathway engaged cybersecurity specialists and law enforcement, required password changes, and implemented additional security measures. No credit card or subscription payment information was affected.
- 💎Delaware State AGvia Mathway LLC2020-05-22
Mathway LLC notified users that customer account data, specifically email addresses and hashed/salted passwords, was acquired by an unauthorized party. The breach was confirmed on May 15, 2020, following a tip. Mathway engaged cybersecurity specialists and law enforcement, required password changes, and implemented additional security measures. No credit card or subscription data was affected.
- 🦫Oregon State AGvia Mathway LLC2020-05-22
Mathway LLC reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-05-22. The breach was discovered on 5/15/2020. Notice was sent on 5/22/2020.
- 🌲Washington State AGvia Mathway LLC2020-05-22
Mathway, LLC, a business sector entity reported a unclear/unknown incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2020-05-15 and filed notice on 2020-05-22. 7 days elapsed between awareness and notification.