MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Heifer International

bd_508965396c0e24d0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 1, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2,802state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Heifer International →4 incidents on file

Heifer Project International notified the NH AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. Data accessed included names and financial account numbers for 2,802 NH residents. Incident occurred May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. Notices sent Aug 21, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 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 (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c49842de2d759a72020-08-21 · +11dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_37f0ff6628e6f1d22020-08-21 · +11dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_4eb7c469d70e870b2020-08-21 · +11dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5fed5fc34f0f64372020-08-21 · +11dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_8f13218d52fb30fa2020-08-21 · +11dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ff5af240d1fb968f2020-08-21 · +11dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Heifer International
norm: heifer international
Domain: heifer.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,802state-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 Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Advising individuals to report any suspected incidents of identity theft or fraud to their credit card company and/or bank
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Notifying state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing the way we work with third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 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 · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

Oregon State AGAug 21 · first

Indiana State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AGAug 21 · first

Montana State AGAug 21 · first

Delaware State AGAug 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (MA), last Sep 1 (NH) — a 11-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/heifer-project-international-20200901.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2020
Raw hash: 2c9ddf82de7d944c7682b91482de1dc2ad4f217f0c9865a5216f5551ab6367b0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityHeifer International

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