Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)LowContained

State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 27, 2020

Filed

Oct 27, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

73state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota →2 incidents on file

State of North Dakota notified affected individuals that phishing incidents led to unauthorized access of employee email accounts at several state agencies. Access occurred between Nov 23 and Dec 23, 2019. Personal and protected health information was contained in the accessed accounts. No evidence of data acquisition or misuse was found. Forensic investigation completed Aug 27, 2020. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 278 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Nov 23, 2019

Begins

Aug 27, 2020

Discovered

Oct 27, 2020

Filed

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

HHS OCRbd_560f27dc3b82e2cc2020-10-27Verified

Name: State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota
norm: state board of higher education of the state of north dakota

Name: State Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota
norm: state board of higher education of the state of north dakota
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 23, 2019 – Dec 23, 2019
Undetected for: 278 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 73state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contained the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive and very comprehensive forensic investigation
Conducted manual document review
Offering a one-year membership in myTrueIdentity provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Reviewing and revising policies and procedures as needed
Providing additional education to our workforce members on identifying and responding to a phishing attack
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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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HHS OCROct 27 · first

Montana State AGOct 27 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/ndSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2020
Raw hash: 12727b31341963c8a218e7b10484d0822e9a1f242baba97ce17d0878440da7e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityState Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

Victim entityState Board of Higher Education of the State of North Dakota

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2020

Stated responseContained the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov