MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Heifer International

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4,026state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heifer International →4 incidents on file

Heifer International notified individuals of a ransomware incident affecting its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The incident occurred in May 2020. Blackbaud, a CRM host for nonprofits, detected the ransomware and locked out the actor. Heifer International investigated and determined that affected records contained names and other personal information. No specific access to Heifer's data was confirmed by Blackbaud. The notice was sent on July 16, 2020.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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.Confirmed4,026 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 4,026state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying state regulators, as required
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Immediately started an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Working diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud
Took immediate steps to reduce risk
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
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: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2020/HeiferInternational.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2020
Raw hash: 3f8c27044fbd229cccc9f74c128c8903362eb4eb3e95df3afa58e1c4cc1d783e

Reporting entityHeifer International

Victim entityHeifer International

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseImmediately started an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov