HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

United Steelworkers Local 286

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 14, 2023

Filed

Apr 14, 2023

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for United Steelworkers Local 286 →2 incidents on file

United Steelworkers Local 286 notified consumers of a data breach involving personal information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial account numbers, and health insurance details. The union offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and provided guidance on fraud alerts and security freezes. The incident was reported to the Vermont Attorney General.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday≤1 day discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Apr 14, 2023

Discovered

Apr 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_16f3b96e9dca67c32023-04-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c3965d7541d6da032023-04-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_3a7047a9b8704fce2023-04-30 · +16dVerified
Maine State AGbd_df9455cea46f71752023-04-30 · +16dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_8ff5f5f8279c16412023-05-09 · +25dVerified

Name: United Steelworkers Local 286
norm: united steelworkers local 286

Name: United Steelworkers Local 286
norm: united steelworkers local 286
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 14, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offered complimentary one-year credit monitoring services
Provided instructions for placing fraud alerts on credit files
Provided instructions for placing security freezes on credit files
Established a toll-free response line for affected individuals
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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HHS OCRApr 14 · first

Indiana State AGApr 14 · first

Vermont State AGApr 14 · first · this page

Montana State AG+16d

Maine State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Apr 14 (PA), last May 9 (NH) — a 25-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-04-14-united-steelworkers-local-286-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2023
Raw hash: caf3fa48d3c4a8731eb40e08d3f557c5ff788a17db998d3f8d26536ea061ae6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnited Steelworkers Local 286

Victim entityUnited Steelworkers Local 286

Incidentdiscovered Apr 14, 2023

Stated responseOffered complimentary one-year credit monitoring services

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov