HackingPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Northwest Naturals

bd_37f0c5cdfbe7ec52 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 20, 2026

Filed

Jun 10, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Northwest Naturals →

Northwest Naturals disclosed a data breach affecting its samples portal (nwnaturals.com). An unauthorized party exploited a vulnerability in third-party hosting software between April 18-20, 2026, gaining access to usernames, passwords, names, addresses, and contact info of customer employees. The company reset passwords, patched the vulnerability, and implemented stronger access controls. No financial data was compromised.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

Apr 18, 2026

Begins

Apr 20, 2026

Discovered

Jun 10, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Northwest Naturals
norm: northwest naturals
Domain: nwnaturals.com

Name: Northwest Naturals
norm: northwest naturals
Domain: nwnaturals.com

Discovered: Apr 20, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Reset the passwords for our samples portal
Fixed the vulnerability used by the unauthorized party to compromise the site
Secured our affected systems
Changes made: Adopted several security measures to reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future, such as stronger access controls and security monitoring
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.

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/f37310f9-a9b0-4e05-89f4-0821daf752a9.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2026
Raw hash: 742ed3b1421cf79e0e3c4debee80ee8e651bb84fe0e60f3fe47171b56139f97b

Reporting entityNorthwest Naturals

Victim entityNorthwest Naturals

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2026

Stated responseReset the passwords for our samples portal

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov