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United States Soccer Federation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

Oct 29, 2024

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for United States Soccer Federation →

United States Soccer Federation, Inc. notified Vermont AG on 2024-10-29 regarding unauthorized access to an employee email account from May 17-23, 2024. The incident involved potential exposure of names, SSNs, and TINs. US Soccer engaged cybersecurity specialists, secured the account, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 159 days

May 17, 2024

Begins

May 23, 2024

Discovered

Oct 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5f348c73d521582a2024-10-30 · +1dVerified

Name: United States Soccer Federation
norm: united states soccer federation

Name: United States Soccer Federation
norm: united states soccer federation
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 23, 2024
Breach occurred: May 17, 2024 – May 23, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists
Secure the email account
Launched a thorough investigation
Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring service for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring service for twelve (12) months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(159 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGOct 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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Leak-site claim

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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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-10-29-united-states-soccer-federation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 29, 2024
Raw hash: 36d0478308bfac9bb205fcc420cbde50cabc4997150f9b70c86e0188bb3192e5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnited States Soccer Federation

Victim entityUnited States Soccer Federation

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov