Ascensus Group Holdings, Inc.

Ascensus, Inc., a finance sector entity reported a theft or mistake incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2016-08-23 and filed notice on 2016-09-19. 1,505 Washington residents were affected. 27 days elapsed between awareness and notification.

Affected (this filing): 1,505

Ascensus, Inc., recordkeeper for the Menzies Aviation (USA), Inc. 401(k) Plan, notified the California Attorney General of a data breach. On August 23, 2016, Ascensus discovered a website configuration error that inadvertently allowed the plan administrator of another Ascensus retirement plan to access personal information of participants. The exposed data included names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers. The configuration error was immediately terminated upon discovery. Ascensus offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection through TrustedID to affected individuals.