HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 4, 2022

Filed

Sep 26, 2022

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Oregon Public Broadcasting →

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to an OPB email account on May 4, 2022. The incident affected one New Hampshire resident. Affected data may include name, address, date of birth, Social Security Number, and passport number. OPB suspended the account, engaged forensic experts, and is offering 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring through Equifax.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 145 days

May 4, 2022

Begins

May 4, 2022

Discovered

Sep 26, 2022

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_8189e80efe968a5a2022-09-26Verified

Name: Oregon Public Broadcasting
norm: oregon public broadcasting
Domain: audioplayer.opb.org

Name: Oregon Public Broadcasting
norm: oregon public broadcasting
Domain: audioplayer.opb.org
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: May 4, 2022
Breach occurred: May 4, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Bureau, New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Suspended access to the account
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading independent computer forensics firm
Retained cybersecurity experts
Notifying the affected individuals
Providing them with steps they can take to protect their personal information
Enrolling in the complimentary identity monitoring services offered in the notification letter
Changes made: Reviewing its current security protocols
Adding additional security measures
Implemented additional safeguards to help ensure the security of our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(145 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/oregon-public-broadcasting-20220926.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2022
Raw hash: 5bcbb8a23ff621654493d806b83fee357c83b6e2bc61e4254cb228c04982583f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOregon Public Broadcasting

Victim entityOregon Public Broadcasting

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2022

Stated responseSuspended access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov