AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinancePublishing ErrorEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

World Bank Open Data

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 21, 2008

Filed

Dec 2, 2008

To disclose

11 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for World Bank Open Data →

The World Bank disclosed that a payment record file containing names, addresses, and bank account numbers of employees and contractors was mistakenly posted on a public site on November 21, 2008. The file was accessed via a single download and promptly removed. The incident was caused by unintentional human error. Approximately three individuals in New Hampshire were affected. The Bank strengthened file posting processes, initiated an IT review, and provided two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

Nov 21, 2008

Begins

Nov 21, 2008

Discovered

Dec 2, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8b93c8e0dfa90d082008-12-05 · +3dVerified

Name: World Bank Open Data
norm: world bank open data
Domain: data.worldbank.org

Name: World Bank Open Data
norm: world bank open data
Domain: data.worldbank.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 21, 2008
Breach occurred: Nov 21, 2008
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2008
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Removed the file from the public site
Strengthened its process for placing files on external sites
Initiated a comprehensive external review of its IT systems and business processes
Put in place free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance
Changes made: Strengthened its process for placing files on external sites
Initiated a comprehensive external review of its IT systems and business processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 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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New Hampshire State AGDec 2 · first · this page

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/world-bank-20081202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2008
Raw hash: edbe3f0bffe0079d0d963a71ba61b1514bac8628c85b25476a228fb11e7f4d04

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWorld Bank Open Data

Victim entityWorld Bank Open Data

Incidentdiscovered Nov 21, 2008

Stated responseRemoved the file from the public site

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov