HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Communications Workers of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 22, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Communications Workers of America →2 incidents on file

Communications Workers of America (CWA) notified California regulators that an unencrypted document containing members' names and Social Security Numbers was copied to a private server accessible without authentication. CWA removed the data and offered 12 months of Experian Identity Works. The incident involved unauthorized access to stored data.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 22, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_461dddb3b2c132d52021-01-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_e4294cf726bd2b022021-01-20 · +2dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_0cfd027c5c9200632021-01-25 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e467119739c012832021-01-25 · +3dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_b587db6aae2433122021-01-27 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_16c0b3650e10b69d2021-01-01 · +21dVerified

Name: Communications Workers of America
norm: communications workers of america

Name: Communications Workers of America
norm: communications workers of america
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed the data from the server
Staff will receive extra data handling and cyber security training
Offering complimentary access to Experian Identity Works for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Staff will receive extra data handling and cyber security training
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.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+19d

Maine State AG+21d

California State AG+21d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+24d

Indiana State AG+24d

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 27 (NH) — a 26-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-537352
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2021
Raw hash: 5a27ea9cf91e7e1589a1bd0461e0127b3314363e830ca69a1b09313f6953f212

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCommunications Workers of America

Victim entityCommunications Workers of America

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRemoved the data from the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov