HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 22, 2022

Filed

Sep 6, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,516state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners →

North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners notified individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized individual accessed a computer containing names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Access may have begun as early as June 3, 2022, and was confirmed by forensic experts on July 22, 2022. The Board engaged law enforcement and third-party forensics, implemented additional security controls (firewalls, anti-virus, monitoring), and offered identity theft protection services.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Jun 3, 2022

Begins

Jul 22, 2022

Discovered

Sep 6, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

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Name: North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
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Name: North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 22, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2022
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 2, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,516state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensics experts to ensure the proper removal of the unauthorized individual from our computer system
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Added layers of security including multiple anti-virus protection
Implemented two additional firewalls
Added additional vulnerability detection and management software
Engaged an external agency to monitor Board computer systems on a full-time basis
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Added layers of security including multiple anti-virus protection
Implemented two additional firewalls
Added additional vulnerability detection and management software
Engaged an external agency to monitor Board computer systems on a full-time basis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.