Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingBECData ExfiltratedTargetedPIICredentialsLowContained

The Electrical Training Institute

bd_61233a0994ac8296 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 3, 2020

Filed

Jun 29, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Electrical Training Institute →

The Electrical Training Institute notified affected individuals of a business email compromise incident. Unauthorized access occurred between Dec 23-26, 2019. The Institute secured accounts, engaged forensic assistance, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 102 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Dec 23, 2019

Begins

Apr 3, 2020

Discovered

Jun 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_08dd8b08c511744b2020-06-29Verified
California State AGbd_2c9aa7ca13c91f152020-06-29Verified

Name: The Electrical Training Institute
norm: the electrical training institute

Name: The Electrical Training Institute
norm: the electrical training institute
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 23, 2019 – Dec 26, 2019
Undetected for: 102 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the affected email account
Launched an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect personal information and secure our email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 29 · first

California State AGJun 29 · first

Montana State AGJun 29 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Electrical-Training-Institute-Consumer-ltr-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2020
Raw hash: f719d6f7926ac007ddb901d1fe690cac71a63e8fc586f9764dacaa8f87bb2822

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Electrical Training Institute

Victim entityThe Electrical Training Institute

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2020

Stated responseSecured the affected email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov