National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC) experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access by malware, affecting personal information of individuals, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The breach occurred between August 31, 2020, and September 7, 2020, with the incident being reported on January 12, 2021; specific numbers of individuals affected is UNKN.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-198460

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-national-board-for-certified-counselors

"id": "the036072925",
"linkid": "the-national-board-for-certified-counselors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
                        'industry': 'Education/Certification',
                        'name': 'National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. '
                                '(NBCC)',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2021-01-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-12',
 'description': 'The National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC) '
                'experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access by '
                'malware, affecting personal information of individuals, '
                'including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and '
                'dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-12',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'NBCC Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}