MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

The Wheeler School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Wheeler School →2 incidents on file

The Wheeler School, an independent school in Rhode Island, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware incident in May 2020, resulting in system encryption and data exfiltration. The Wheeler School confirmed that the Social Security numbers and names of four New Hampshire residents were potentially affected. The school provided two years of complimentary credit monitoring through Epiq and notified affected individuals in December 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 160 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 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.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The Wheeler School
norm: the wheeler school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
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 Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive TWS data was potentially involved
Notified individuals TWS understood to be impacted on July 21, 2020
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 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
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(160 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/wheeler-school-20201223.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2020
Raw hash: 5452b4b56f7e45ea61f905897f605cfef6d183739051722bedd2301e9b259fd9

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe Wheeler School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov