Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2025

Filed

Nov 20, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc →

The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc. (dba Risk and Insurance Education Alliance) disclosed a phishing incident affecting 4 Nebraska residents. Unauthorized access to a company email account occurred between June 15-16, 2025, allowing an actor to download files from SharePoint containing names and Social Security numbers. SCIC disabled the account, engaged third-party specialists, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notices were sent on November 20, 2025.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

Jun 15, 2025

Begins

Jun 16, 2025

Discovered

Nov 20, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3544fd481f7308562025-11-20Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_6b844d36d42aa4212025-11-20Verified

Name: The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc
norm: the society of certified insurance counselors

Name: The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc
norm: the society of certified insurance counselors
Also named: The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc.dba oflegal entity
Risk and Insurance Education Alliancedba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 16, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 15, 2025 – Jun 16, 2025
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 20, 2025
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the account
Took steps to secure its email environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Conducted a thorough review of the files believed to be downloaded
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
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGNov 20 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 20 · first

Nebraska State AGNov 20 · 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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/9699d84b-f2b1-4218-8ac1-e86a7b866fb0.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2025
Raw hash: 5a38b28317a4b8480116a6ed8934a21852ed0095b914fb373f347f6443216caf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc

Victim entityThe Society of Certified Insurance Counselors Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2025

Stated responseDisabled the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov