Social EngineeringEducationProfessional ServicesEducationPhishingTargetedPIIGovernment IDEmploymentMediumContained

National Center for Construction Education and Research

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 2, 2023

Filed

Mar 24, 2023

To disclose

22 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for National Center for Construction Education and Research →2 incidents on file

NCCER disclosed an email phishing attack on Jan 26, 2023, discovered March 2, 2023, resulting in inadvertent disclosure of employee W-2 data (names, SSNs, earnings). No systems breached. Affected individuals offered 12 months Equifax identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Jan 26, 2023

Begins

Mar 2, 2023

Discovered

Mar 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_364cc02c48f3265a2023-03-24Verified
Maine State AGbd_7000b2c16e5f210f2023-03-24Candidate

Name: National Center for Construction Education and Research
norm: national center for construction education and research

Name: National Center for Construction Education and Research
norm: national center for construction education and research
Industry: EducationllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 26, 2023
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIGovernment IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced an internal investigation
Working with cybersecurity professionals
Arranged for you to receive 12 months of identity theft protection services provided by Equifax
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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 24 · first

Maine State AGMar 24 · first

Montana State AGMar 24 · 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/Consumer-notification-letter-139.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 24, 2023
Raw hash: 96c3318b19b4a3c6e71e1e385d3d93ca5728a8b09c381337c1160ae76251a1c8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Center for Construction Education and Research

Victim entityNational Center for Construction Education and Research

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2023

Stated responseCommenced an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov