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National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.

bd_af7418f535af9665 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Jan 12, 2021

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

880state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.

National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC) disclosed a ransomware incident affecting 880 Delaware residents. Unauthorized access occurred between August 31 and September 7, 2020. The malware encrypted files and exfiltrated personal data including names, SSNs, DOBs, and credentials. NBCC engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion. Notification to residents began January 12, 2021.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days
discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Aug 31, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Jan 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Show 5 more filingsup to 11d gap

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 21 (NH) — a 20-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.