MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData DestroyedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Center for Early Education

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 24, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Center for Early Education →

The Center for Early Education notified individuals that their name and Social Security number were involved in a security incident at third-party vendor Blackbaud. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020, resulting in the exfiltration of backup files. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the files were destroyed. The Center for Early Education conducted an investigation and determined the data was involved on September 2, 2020. One year of identity monitoring via Kroll was provided to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_2400b3ec1ac1e8742020-11-24Verified

Name: The Center for Early Education
norm: the center for early education

Name: The Center for Early Education
norm: the center for early education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Conducted our own investigation of the Blackbaud services we use and the information provided by Blackbaud to determine what information was involved in the incident
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 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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Massachusetts State AGNov 24 · first

California State AGNov 24 · first · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-196491
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 24, 2020
Raw hash: ae2ea952060f0ff1f40cb01572feaa5f76dcfd86a82e13680d2ba570f8d5a43e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Center for Early Education

Victim entityThe Center for Early Education

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted our own investigation of the Blackbaud services we use and the information provided by Blackbaud to determine what information was involved in the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov