MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

New Hampshire PublicRadio

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 13, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for New Hampshire PublicRadio →2 incidents on file

New Hampshire Public Radio notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Backup files containing names and financial account numbers of 11 NH residents were exfiltrated. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed destruction of stolen files. NHPR notified residents on Jan 12, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11 affectedView incident

Name: New Hampshire PublicRadio
norm: new hampshire publicradio
Domain: nhpr.org

Name: New Hampshire PublicRadio
norm: new hampshire publicradio
Domain: nhpr.org
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
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
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services
Voluntarily provided information about the incident on its website
Provided written notice to the New Hampshire residents by mailing letters
Established a dedicated phone number for individuals to obtain more information
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect data
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: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/nh-public-radio-20210113.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2021
Raw hash: 38597ee55ff2b36c510b788f475ea4c8b3f3692813306fa4064527f86b5ac0f2

Reporting entityNew Hampshire PublicRadio

Victim entityNew Hampshire PublicRadio

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov