Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

National Education Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 15, 2019

Filed

Jan 21, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

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 an employee email account between November 13-15, 2019. The incident, likely caused by phishing, exposed full names and Social Security numbers. NEA engaged forensic experts, contained the account, and offered 18 months of free identity monitoring via CyberScout.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Nov 13, 2019

Begins

Nov 15, 2019

Discovered

Jan 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Nov 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2019 – Nov 15, 2019
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 6state-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 AccountsT1114 Email Collection
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
Engaged forensics experts
Performed a comprehensive review of the affected e-mail account
Provided relevant regulatory notices
Secured the services of CyberScout to provide identity monitoring services
Changes made: Confirm and strengthen the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-46.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2020
Raw hash: 649e28f0da072c47938b53178a01aa61481154e11bbbef9212bd226b15fd4800

Reporting entityNational Education Association

Victim entityNational Education Association

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2019

Stated responseBlocked further access to the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov