Social EngineeringEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Northshore Utility District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2020

Filed

Apr 1, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Northshore Utility District →2 incidents on file

Northshore Utility District notified Montana AG of a phishing incident on Feb 12, 2020. An employee clicked a malicious link, allowing unauthorized access to their email account. Personal information (name, address, SSN) of employees and former employees may have been accessed. The District changed credentials, engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Feb 12, 2020

Begins

Feb 12, 2020

Discovered

Apr 1, 2020

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Northshore Utility District
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Name: Northshore Utility District
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Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the credentials for the email account
Implemented additional security measures to ensure the safety of our email environment
Arranged for identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Notified federal law enforcement of the incident
Cooperating with their investigation
Established a call center to answer common questions
Changes made: Continuing to review its security policies and procedures
Will continue to provide, and improve upon, information security awareness and training programs for all employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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/General-Notice-66.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2020
Raw hash: 44c046c1688df6cce149d73648ad263083368ea7dfa37a4f859dcbe356730cd5

Reporting entityNorthshore Utility District

Victim entityNorthshore Utility District

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2020

Stated responseChanged the credentials for the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov