HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Idaho National Laboratory's

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 20, 2023

Filed

Dec 8, 2023

To disclose

18 days

Affected

817state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Idaho National Laboratory's →2 incidents on file

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) notified the State of Washington of a cyber data breach occurring on November 19, 2023, at an off-site data center. The incident impacted 817 Washington residents, exposing PII including names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account numbers. INL alerted federal law enforcement and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d18 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Nov 19, 2023

Begins

Nov 20, 2023

Discovered

Dec 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesiegedsecbd_caf4dab23190d0132023-11-26 · +12dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7db1f18bf2657d942023-12-12 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e8a0d7229e6e0d0f2023-12-18 · +10dVerified

Name: Idaho National Laboratory's
norm: idaho national laboratory s
Domain: inl.gov
Industry: Government

Name: Idaho National Laboratory's
norm: idaho national laboratory s
Domain: inl.gov
Industry: Government
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 19, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 13, 2023
Affected individuals: 817state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Investigated by federal agencies including the Department of Energy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

During the incident: Restricted access to the server that was involved in the breach
Alerted federal law enforcement agencies
Began the process of confirming the individuals and the types of information that were compromised
Worked to notify impacted individuals and lab stakeholders through internal and external means
Provided steps impacted individuals can take to protect themselves
Changes made: Offered complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGDec 8 · first · this page

Montana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Dec 8 (WA), last Dec 18 (NH) — a 10-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM16070.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 8, 2023
Raw hash: 14a02be7ef458f9ef98bcc69ce9e312a0ae53f640e04f688f863a12b450c7178

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIdaho National Laboratory's

Victim entityIdaho National Laboratory's

Incidentdiscovered Nov 20, 2023

Stated responseRestricted access to the server that was involved in the breach

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com