MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

EMILY's List

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

9,325state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for EMILY's List →

EMILY's List notified the Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Attackers exfiltrated files containing donor birthdates, one passport, and six credit card numbers of WA residents. Incident occurred Feb-May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 9,325 WA residents notified.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,325 affectedView incident

Name: EMILY's List
norm: emily s list

Name: EMILY's List
norm: emily s list
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 9,325state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General's Office
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Worked with Blackbaud to understand the scope of the incident
Notified affected Washington residents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10231.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: b4510afc0f58caf9316de37abd39ecdd12d970b47fe41191c76fb71236836083

Reporting entityEMILY's List

Victim entityEMILY's List

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseWorked with Blackbaud to understand the scope of the incident

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com