MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Scholarship America, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Sep 9, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Scholarship America, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Scholarship America notified NH AG of a third-party breach by Blackbaud. Ransomware attack occurred Feb-May 2020. Unencrypted contractor/employee data (names, SSNs, financial info) potentially acquired. 5 NH residents affected. Ransom paid, files destroyed. Notifications mailed Sept 9, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 90 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Sep 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c55b4236c5e32be2020-09-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_65060d5855580bd32020-09-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_131ada42e9939c052020-08-05 · +35dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_15bf293d154871742020-08-05 · +35dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Montana State AGbd_54ca1804df7858682020-08-04 · +36dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_aa19265be260b8492020-08-04 · +36dVerified

Name: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
norm: faegre drinker biddle reath

Name: Scholarship America, Inc.
norm: scholarship america
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 90 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
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

During the incident: Blackbaud paid a ransom to the cybercriminal
Blackbaud worked with third-party experts
Blackbaud hired outside experts to monitor the Internet and dark web
Scholarship America arranged for identity protection and credit monitoring services for one year
Individual notifications detailing the incident are being mailed to New Hampshire residents
Changes made: Blackbaud is enhancing its safeguards to mitigate the risk of future attacks
Blackbaud is paying a third party service to periodically review the dark web
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGAug 4 · first

Washington State AGAug 4 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+36d

Indiana State AG+36d

New Hampshire State AG+36d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (MT), last Sep 9 (NH) — a 36-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/scholarship-america-20200909.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2020
Raw hash: e28d14e8199cf752f18671f3c1176fdad85ffce85bd2c1071e37105a95d5e262

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Victim entityScholarship America, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud paid a ransom to the cybercriminal

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov