MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

The Galloway Schools, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 15, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Galloway Schools, Inc. →

The Galloway Schools, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware incident in May 2020, resulting in system encryption and data exfiltration. The Galloway Schools determined that the personal information (name, address, financial account data) of one New Hampshire resident was potentially accessed. The Schools provided written notice to the affected individual on March 9, 2021, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian. The investigation into the scope of data involvement was conducted by the Schools in coordination with Blackbaud.

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Incident timeline

May 1, 2020

Begins

Mar 15, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_33bebe25699351702021-03-09 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_64b29b201e8d34512021-03-09 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c293182c725cdfd32021-03-09 · +6dVerified

Name: The Galloway Schools, Inc.
norm: the galloway schools

Name: The Galloway Schools, Inc.
norm: the galloway schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – Jul 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
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 Consumer Protection Bureau
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive TGS data was potentially involved
Worked diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud to understand the scope of the incident
Confirmed the type of information involved, and to whom that information pertained
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 9 · first

Maine State AGMar 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 9 (IN), last Mar 15 (NH) — a 6-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/galloway-schools-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: d53abb8b34844d4f8c3e4574f8092cf1675ccfa2eea68a86742d104fc58c4e1c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Galloway Schools, Inc.

Victim entityThe Galloway Schools, Inc.

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive TGS data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov