MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Greenfield Community College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 19, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

740state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Greenfield Community College →

Greenfield Community College notified the NH AG of a third-party ransomware incident at vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access in May 2020 led to data exfiltration. 740 NH residents affected; data included names, DOBs, and SSNs. Notification sent Oct 19, 2020, with credit monitoring offer.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1c7fd01d6c7b8a512020-10-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_1d57a656a2d82f6e2020-10-19Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_382f02f22ab3d0af2020-10-19Verified
Montana State AGbd_b563b8ad01c23d3d2020-10-19Verified by operator

Name: Greenfield Community College
norm: greenfield community college

Name: Greenfield Community College
norm: greenfield community college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 740state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Reviewed its internal records to identify which of its alumni and donors may have been affected
Worked with Blackbaud to obtain additional information about the nature of the event
Notifying impacted residents of the situation by letter
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud
Changes made: Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the technical controls Blackbaud has in place for securing our data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 19 · first

Maine State AGOct 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 19 · first

Montana State AGOct 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 19 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/greenfield-community-college-20201019.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 19, 2020
Raw hash: e455fc3cb6a80932bc81d550f89d12858ef6d1a7ad13fa16e2d87f79af232b1a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreenfield Community College

Victim entityGreenfield Community College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseReviewed its internal records to identify which of its alumni and donors may have been affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov