MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Friends Seminary

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 11, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Friends Seminary →3 incidents on file

Friends Seminary filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. The incident, discovered in July 2020, potentially exposed names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information of current and former employees. Eight New Hampshire residents were notified in a second wave of notices. Friends Seminary provided two years of credit monitoring and is reviewing vendor policies.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_8ddbce7266fe43b32020-12-18 · +24dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bd2a171300646a902020-12-18 · +24dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Friends Seminary
norm: friends seminary
Domain: friendsseminary.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 12, 2020
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement
Provided access to credit monitoring services for two (2) years through Epiq
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Working to review existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 18 · first

Maine State AGDec 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (MA), last Jan 11 (NH) — a 24-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/friends-seminary-20210111.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2021
Raw hash: 8110849dfa76dc677b4cb9776d952211f3cacbab4ede6e56036c1521bf82e7e5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityFriends Seminary

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov