MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

bd_7dc99321c7ca3014 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 12, 2023

Filed

Jan 16, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation →

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation reported a ransomware attack discovered on November 12, 2023. An unknown actor exploited a vulnerability in a public-facing forum to deploy ransomware, encrypt systems, and exfiltrate limited personal data. One New Hampshire resident was affected. The network was shut down, forensic experts were engaged, and law enforcement was notified. Notices were mailed on January 17, 2024.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Nov 12, 2023

Discovered

Jan 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 53 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_024b07c1a7002aed2023-11-24 · +53dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_9431c5cb2c473bce2024-01-17 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b5a3dfa5ad458ed82024-01-19 · +3dVerified by operator

Name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
norm: national right to work legal defense
Domain: nrtw.org

Name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
norm: national right to work legal defense
Domain: nrtw.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly shut down the network to halt the progress of the attack and lock down the network
Retained outside cyber security experts to investigate the incident
Put in place security measures to strengthen its network against similar incidents in the future
Analyzed the potentially affected data to determine the scope of the incident
Confirmed the threat actors have not regained access to its systems
Notified and are working with law enforcement on this incident
Changes made: Evaluating our procedures with respect to data that we maintain on our servers
Reviewing security policies for any potential updates
Revisiting our cybersecurity standards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 16 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/national-right-work-legal-defense-education-foundation-20240116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 16, 2024
Raw hash: 2c61ca2818b6a13ecd080da43a667248f09e27c7ae86913445d34c35f6dcf878

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

Victim entityNational Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2023

Stated responsePromptly shut down the network to halt the progress of the attack and lock down the network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov