MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Fayetteville Public Library Foundation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Mar 15, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fayetteville Public Library Foundation →2 incidents on file

Fayetteville Public Library Foundation (FPLF) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event involving third-party vendor Blackbaud. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020, resulting in encryption and exfiltration of customer data. FPLF was notified by Blackbaud on July 16, 2020. The incident potentially affected one New Hampshire resident, whose name and financial account information may have been accessed. FPLF provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll and notified the NH AG on March 11, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 242 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Mar 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Fayetteville Public Library Foundation
norm: fayetteville public library
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-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 Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Gathered further information from Blackbaud
Provided notice to potentially impacted individuals
Provided access to monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Kroll Inc.
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Review and revise existing policies and procedures
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: 35 weeks(242 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/fayetteville-public-library-20210315.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2021
Raw hash: 1014bf28ec317a1d51b6efd09f34316532a5d45f1dab8f1763ebbebf7f174b2c

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityFayetteville Public Library Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov