Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

National Education Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2020

Filed

Oct 16, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Education Association →4 incidents on file

National Education Association (NEA) notified Montana residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to a consultant's email account on October 1, 2020. The incident exposed full names and Social Security numbers. NEA blocked access, investigated, and offered 18 months of free identity monitoring via CyberScout.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Oct 1, 2020

Begins

Oct 1, 2020

Discovered

Oct 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

17 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

Maine State AGbd_58e493e9fdba0b7c2020-10-19 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f8b52751af2b838d2020-10-19 · +3dVerified

Name: National Education Association
norm: national education
Domain: nea.org

Name: National Education Association
norm: national education
Domain: nea.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided relevant regulatory notices
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Blocked further access to the affected account
Conducted an investigation
Performed a comprehensive review of the affected e-mail account
Secured the services of CyberScout to provide identity monitoring services
Provided relevant regulatory notices
Changes made: Confirm and strengthen the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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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Montana State AGOct 16 · first · this page

Maine State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/NEA-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2020
Raw hash: 9c8b6a7305d506f32f72d346cbe97a3587fa81524701b02c4da5b5757fda74b8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Education Association

Victim entityNational Education Association

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2020

Stated responseBlocked further access to the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov