MalwareOtherRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIPIIMediumContained

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 3, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

8,052state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation →

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation reported a ransomware attack on its vendor, Blackbaud, affecting 8,052 Washington residents. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, and was discovered on July 16, 2020. Exfiltrated data included names, contact info, and transplant status. No SSNs or financial data were accessed.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks 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 · 7 weeks / 49 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Oregon State AGbd_3c4211f7da1c5a0f2020-09-04 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_aacdada4b0a038fd2020-09-04 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_b57c6e4ad281bdde2020-09-04 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_f7d100553c5317872020-09-04 · +1dVerified

Name: Stinson LLP
norm: stinson

Name: Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation
norm: polycystic kidney disease
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,052state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)PHIPII
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
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 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notifying affected volunteers, donors, employees, chapters, and others in our network
Working with Blackbaud to understand why there was a delay between it finding the breach and notifying us
Conferring with other Blackbaud clients to share information about this breach, resulting corrective actions and identify any additional recommended best practices
Evaluating whether to continue to collect the transplant status field and how to encrypt that field if it continues to be collected
Evaluating whether to continue the services of Blackbaud
Changes made: Evaluating whether to continue to collect the transplant status field and how to encrypt that field if it continues to be collected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGSep 3 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

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/BreachM10286.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 3, 2020
Raw hash: b3fd96acaf701a39eeb3f9aa09d2a8e1a657e56bb91e05aa906f16dc74fbfdc9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStinson LLP

Victim entityPolycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseNotifying affected volunteers, donors, employees, chapters, and others in our network

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com