AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Boston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2013

Filed

Jun 24, 2013

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5064 in this filing

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Boston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund →

Boston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund notified NH AG of a security breach affecting 506 individuals (4 NH residents). On April 4, 2013, a member discovered their name and SSN exposed on a website hosted by subcontractor Classic Optical. The Fund fixed the coding loophole, engaged security firms, and offered credit monitoring. Data included names and SSNs.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Apr 4, 2013

Discovered

Jun 24, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed506 affectedView incident

Name: Boston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund
norm: boston teachers union health and welfare
Domain: btuhwf.org

Name: Boston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund
norm: boston teachers union health and welfare
Domain: btuhwf.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 506state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1119 Automated Collection
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 351-C:19 et seq.

During the incident: Engaged an internet security firm that specializes in mitigating security breaches
Fixed the underlying software issue which inadvertently exposed the social security numbers
Offering credit monitoring services to those whose social security numbers have been exposed
Changes made: Ensuring that personal information of members is only transmitted to vendors in an encrypted format
Transitioning away from the use of social security numbers for the determination of eligibility for vision benefits
Preparing a draft written information security plan and will be implementing the plan as soon as possible
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/boston-teachers-union-20130624.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 24, 2013
Raw hash: fe8d39d40f2d6a4e1e7d37b3679f9363b6b28dee46f67e1914699b2527db3bbb

Reporting entityBoston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund

Victim entityBoston Teachers Union Health and Welfare Fund

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2013

Stated responseEngaged an internet security firm that specializes in mitigating security breaches

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov