HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2024

Filed

Jul 8, 2025

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners →

North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners notified NH AG of unauthorized access to email accounts between Oct 31 and Nov 27, 2024. Discovered Nov 27, 2024. Name and SSN of 4 NH residents affected. Credit monitoring offered. Incident contained.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 223 days

Oct 31, 2024

Begins

Nov 27, 2024

Discovered

Jun 17, 2025

Scope determined

Jul 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_1ad673816201baed2025-07-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3aecf29ac95fa6512025-07-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6e861a1c943467af2025-07-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_e5387780961f57602025-07-08Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_7157d0b87aafe27b2025-07-07 · +1dCandidate

Name: North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
norm: north carolina board of cosmetic art examiners
Domain: nccosmeticarts.com

Name: North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
norm: north carolina board of cosmetic art examiners
Domain: nccosmeticarts.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 31, 2024 – Nov 27, 2024
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 17, 2025
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2025
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a comprehensive review of data within these accounts
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of NCBCAE systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through IDX
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing policies and procedures relating to data privacy and cybersecurity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(223 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJul 7 · first

Nebraska State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/north-carolina-board-cosmetic-art-examiners-20250708.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2025
Raw hash: dd6b3418612a4f6a21f2375708beee3c6153c8a1882ad6758a013ba8ba4b064d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

Victim entityNorth Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov