Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesTelecom & MediaProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2019

Filed

Aug 26, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

75state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association →3 incidents on file

NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an email account on April 3, 2019. The breach exposed names and SSNs of approximately 75 NH residents. NTCA discovered the scope on July 23, 2019, and began notifying victims on August 23, 2019, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Apr 3, 2019

Begins

Jul 23, 2019

Discovered

Aug 26, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_17e63eb971eb6fae2019-08-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_2eac5136f477c78e2019-08-23 · +3dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_0c8c3df9852740d82019-08-30 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_12f84e67def370752019-10-16 · +51dCandidate

Name: NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
norm: ntca the rural broadband

Name: NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
norm: ntca the rural broadband
Industry: Professional ServicesllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2019
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 23, 2019
Affected individuals: 75state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contained the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Provided affected residents with 12 months of credit monitoring
Informed affected residents about the process for placing a fraud alert and/or security freeze on their credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Implemented additional authentication measures to access confidential data
Improved staff training
Will be releasing an online enrollment portal this fall
Changes made: Implemented additional authentication measures to access confidential data
Improved staff training
Will be releasing an online enrollment portal this fall to enhance the security and privacy of the personal and protected health information that we maintain
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGAug 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Oregon State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (MT), last Oct 16 (MA) — a 54-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ntca-20190826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2019
Raw hash: 27ca21344114e6ea4b34914930b37e89fad26dc1bc7ae976a55a269e2da0c6e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

Victim entityNTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2019

Stated responseContained the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov