HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2024

Filed

Jul 8, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners →

North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners (NCBCAE) notified Nebraska AG that unauthorized access to email accounts occurred between Oct 31 and Nov 27, 2024. NCBCAE discovered the activity on Nov 27, 2024, and determined on June 17, 2025, that names and SSNs of 8 Nebraska residents were affected. Notices were sent on July 8, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days

Oct 31, 2024

Begins

Nov 27, 2024

Discovered

Jul 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3aecf29ac95fa6512025-07-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6e861a1c943467af2025-07-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bf66e8a2a2c76dbf2025-07-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_e5387780961f57602025-07-08Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_7157d0b87aafe27b2025-07-07 · +1dCandidate

Name: North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
norm: north carolina board of cosmetic art examiners
Domain: nccosmeticarts.com

Name: North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
norm: north carolina board of cosmetic art examiners
Domain: nccosmeticarts.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 31, 2024 – Nov 27, 2024
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2025
Affected individuals: 8state-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 incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a comprehensive review of data within these accounts
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of NCBCAE systems
Identify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through IDX
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice... to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Review our policies and procedures relating to data privacy and cybersecurity
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJul 7 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Nebraska State AG+1d · 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/df844962-ff69-4dbf-bfaa-31fd02ca922b.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2025
Raw hash: 862e415dfa9904b3d2e4836ad46fdcc73e21e6af14c096c51d858a3a049bc6b0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

Victim entityNorth Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov