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MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsHighContained

National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.

bd_28e4ee45da929004 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Jan 21, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

2,063state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.

National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident affecting 2,063 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Aug 31–Sep 7, 2020. Malware encrypted files and an actor exfiltrated names, SSNs, DOBs, and credentials. NBCC engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days
discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 136 days

Aug 31, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Jan 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Show 5 more filingsup to 20d gap

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 21 (NH) — a 20-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.