HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2025

Filed

Jul 22, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

181state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases →

Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases notified 181 Nebraska residents of unauthorized network access occurring March 17-22, 2025. The incident exposed names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Forward engaged third-party forensic specialists, conducted an internal review, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring via CyberScout/TransUnion. No identity theft was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

Mar 17, 2025

Begins

Jul 22, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_009089fe50437da32025-07-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5988433ea719cc752025-07-22Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_a24c2fe88bbad9ec2025-07-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_be901a955d21e7502025-07-22Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_bf1fa1bdda078a662025-07-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_dee6aa8ce0cbab6b2025-07-22Candidate

Name: Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases
norm: forward the national databank for rheumatic diseases

Name: Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases
norm: forward the national databank for rheumatic diseases
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 17, 2025 – Mar 22, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 22, 2025
Affected individuals: 181state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this event to appropriate state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists
Conducted a comprehensive internal review of the systems impacted
Moved quickly to investigate and respond, assess the security of Forward systems, and identify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and cybersecurity training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24 months), through CyberScout, a TransUnion company
Providing potentially affected individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this event to appropriate state regulators, and to the three major consumer reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional cybersecurity measures and reviewed existing security policies to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJul 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 22 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 22 · first

Indiana State AGJul 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 22 · first

Maine State AGJul 22 · first

Nebraska State AGJul 22 · 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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/a9ee6dee-d499-47b7-a859-43d779085763.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 22, 2025
Raw hash: b6915ae8dd3be26205a71dd66bd97e442362626abfad76890a3ac6dc5e72575c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases

Victim entityForward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov