Confirmed breach

Select Education Group data breach

USUnited States

Select Education Group (United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice and the California Attorney General of a data breach on 21 March 2024. It told the states about 67,097 Oregon residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 5 November 2023, 137 days before it was reported.

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: 67,097 Oregon residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported: 21 March 2024
Breach began: 5 November 2023
Time to tell: 137 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang BlackSuit named Select Education Group on its leak site on 17 November 2023, 125 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, California. · Corrections and changes

If Select Education Group had your data

Look for Select Education Group’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Select Education Group has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Select Education Group, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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