MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareExtortion DemandSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Kinkaid School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Kinkaid School →

The Kinkaid School notified the NH Attorney General of a third-party vendor breach involving Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7–May 20, 2020. Backup files containing NH residents' SSNs and financial account numbers were exfiltrated. An attempted ransomware attack occurred, but Blackbaud paid the ransom and confirmed file destruction. 3 NH residents were affected. Notification sent Jan 15, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 187 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_f78c12843b2d63b02021-01-15 · +4dCandidate

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: The Kinkaid School
norm: the kinkaid school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Mailed notification letters via First-Class U.S. mail to the three New Hampshire residents
Offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through CyberScout
Established a dedicated phone number that individuals may call to obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(187 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJan 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

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/kinkaid-school-20210119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: 814e2c01fc0177063b5d32b5984e85c42b91206833aa11ddc9c24b92f7a41156

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityThe Kinkaid School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov