MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Pike School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 28, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

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

The Pike School, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident involving third-party provider Blackbaud. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, affecting 13 NH residents. Data included names and SSNs. Blackbaud paid a ransom to destroy a backup file. The Pike School provided 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 165 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_32b8ef3839aad33e2020-12-16 · +12dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_83ef806fa1c18f972020-12-16 · +12dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: The Pike School
norm: the pike school
Domain: pikeschool.org
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
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
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaudthird party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Blackbaud engaged forensic experts and law enforcement
Blackbaud paid the cybercriminal to ensure that the backup file was permanently destroyed
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Providing the affected residents with a complimentary 24 months of credit monitoring
Changes made: Accelerating efforts to further harden their environment through enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(165 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGDec 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 16 · first

New Hampshire State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (ME), last Dec 28 (NH) — a 12-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/pike-school-20201228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2020
Raw hash: f7345a72809981706e7c9b7b06dca3d1f60d449ac16a919cfdfb285d894b1858

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityThe Pike School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov