MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Forsyth Country Day School, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 9, 2020

Filed

Nov 11, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,6603 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Forsyth Country Day School, Inc. →

Forsyth Country Day School reported a Blackbaud ransomware event occurring between Feb 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, discovered on Oct 9, 2020. The incident affected 2,660 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Personal identifiers and financial account numbers were compromised. The school notified affected individuals and provided 24 months of identity protection services via CyberScout HQ.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 9, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 11, 202033d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 245 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Oct 9, 2020

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3e4ecda00acc05e42020-11-11Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e82146c4f1a0ef092020-11-16 · +5dVerified

Name: Forsyth Country Day School, Inc.
norm: forsyth country day school
Domain: fcds.org
Industry: Education

Name: Forsyth Country Day School, Inc.
norm: forsyth country day school
Domain: fcds.org
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 245 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,660state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through CyberScout HQ
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 33d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 9, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 11, 2020
33d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 9, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 11, 2020	33d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first

Maine State AGNov 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (MA), last Nov 16 (NH) — a 5-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0690b35c-91f7-4ae7-a673-b95cb4822c2e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2020
Raw hash: d8ebd440b3cd41427f38d485ef2b8a92e65dde310ac11678b76702039752e011

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForsyth Country Day School, Inc.

Victim entityForsyth Country Day School, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov