MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Nightingale-Bamford School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 11, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Nightingale-Bamford School →2 incidents on file

The Nightingale-Bamford School (NBS) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a third-party data breach involving vendor Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware incident in May 2020, resulting in system encryption and data exfiltration. NBS confirmed that the name, address, and Social Security number of two New Hampshire residents were potentially affected. NBS notified affected individuals on December 23, 2020, and provided two years of credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The Nightingale-Bamford School
norm: the nightingale bamford school
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive NBS data was potentially involved
Worked diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud to understand the scope of the incident
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services two (2) years, through Epiq, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/nightingale-bamford-school-20210111.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2021
Raw hash: a94272641cd565f76051e12996d389503049686aa43fdf5d0daba2f718d7371b

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe Nightingale-Bamford School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive NBS data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov