NORTH DAKOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 27, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

35,416

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota →2 incidents on file

State of North Dakota reported to HHS on 2020-10-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 35,416 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing scheme exposing PHI including names, DOB, SSN, driver's license, and financial info. CE implemented additional safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 27, 2020

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_bd20c30e5bb573c42020-10-27Verified

Name: State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota
norm: state board of higher education of the state of north dakota
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota
norm: state board of higher education of the state of north dakota
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 35,416nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGOct 27 · first

HHS OCROct 27 · first · this page

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2020
Raw hash: f26e943fdd34d6db6ca465c670769106c3024127f46790ab68a975bc8fdbceb0

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityState Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

Victim entityState Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing