HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

NAFSA Association of International Educators

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 11, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for NAFSA Association of International Educators →

NAFSA notified Montana residents of a data security incident at its online store involving unauthorized access to payment card information (names, card numbers, expiration dates, security codes) for purchases made between April 8 and May 15, 2020. Suspicious activity was detected on May 11, 2020. NAFSA engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and card brands, and offered one year of identity theft restoration services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Apr 8, 2020

Begins

May 11, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_af2174ed8d322f362020-08-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c682af6cf26b30892020-08-18 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e706f8ef1cc1a1812020-08-18 · +4dVerified

Name: NAFSA Association of International Educators
norm: nafsa association of international educators
Domain: nafsa.org

Name: NAFSA Association of International Educators
norm: nafsa association of international educators
Domain: nafsa.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2020 – May 15, 2020
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained and worked with a nationally-recognized forensics firm to investigate
Reported the matter to the payment card brands
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Offering one year of Fraud Consultation and Identity Theft Restoration services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 14 · first

Montana State AGAug 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/NAFSA-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 1f4ae9f854a6d3660867d7a3b4dd91a09c3fba34c48fed653fcb67e1f0e4e92c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNAFSA Association of International Educators

Victim entityNAFSA Association of International Educators

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2020

Stated responseRetained and worked with a nationally-recognized forensics firm to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov