Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

bd_2eac5136f477c78e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2019

Filed

Aug 23, 2019

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

860state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association →3 incidents on file

NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association notified Montana residents of a phishing incident on April 3, 2019, which compromised an email account containing PII (names, SSNs) and PHI (medical records, insurance info). Discovery occurred July 23, 2019. No evidence of misuse was found. NTCA offered one year of credit monitoring via TransUnion and implemented enhanced authentication and staff training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Apr 3, 2019

Begins

Jul 23, 2019

Discovered

Aug 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_17e63eb971eb6fae2019-08-26 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_987edb4af5cb7e7a2019-08-26 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_0c8c3df9852740d82019-08-30 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_12f84e67def370752019-10-16 · +54dCandidate

Name: NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
norm: ntca the rural broadband

Name: NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
norm: ntca the rural broadband
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2019
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 860state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contained the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Offering a one-year membership in myTrueIdentity provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Implemented additional authentication measures to access confidential data
Improved staff training
Releasing an online enrollment portal this fall to enhance the security and privacy of the personal and protected health information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGAug 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Oregon State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (MT), last Oct 16 (MA) — a 54-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-65.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2019
Raw hash: b3de99ed2e7db31b95c40d09ad0682cb1762ce17b4cd60d8158ba22e9ae3a4fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

Victim entityNTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2019

Stated responseContained the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov