HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Mar 16, 2017

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

526state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC. →

Northwest Christian Schools, Inc. notified the Washington AG that unauthorized access to employee records occurred on Feb 11, 2017, discovered Feb 13, 2017. 526 WA residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and banking info. Response included server isolation, IT rebuild, and 12 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Feb 11, 2017

Begins

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Mar 16, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_515f082708b1b9a62017-03-16Candidate

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC.
norm: northwest christian schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2017 – Feb 13, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2017
Affected individuals: 526state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birthFinancial account numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled access to the servers which stored the information
Engaged its information technology provider to complete a rebuild of its computer systems
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to all affected individuals through ID Experts
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance the security of employee information in order to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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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Montana State AGMar 16 · first

Washington State AGMar 16 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9687.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 16, 2017
Raw hash: 0ac9a47f40fdb50358ea6db038f0c7f143c1b3adac53f4b9ae07bc6e0cb332f5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityNORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseDisabled access to the servers which stored the information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com