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Big Brothers Big Sisters

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2023

Filed

Nov 21, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

458state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Big Brothers Big Sisters →

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) reported a ransomware incident on March 28, 2023, attributed to the 'Royal' threat actor group. Unauthorized actors accessed and exfiltrated sensitive data including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account details, credentials, and PHI. BBBSA paid a ransom to recover the data. 458 Montana consumers were affected. BBBSA engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI via IC3, and implemented extensive security enhancements including MFA, EDR, and enhanced training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 238 days

Mar 28, 2023

Begins

Mar 28, 2023

Discovered

Nov 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_00be541af1bd1c262023-11-22 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_326cb9b1491d0acf2023-11-22 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_966c4007faa4a2f82023-11-22 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bc1e14d477ece04a2023-11-22 · +1dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

California State AGbd_d7ba25bbba1c16132023-11-22 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f793da00c6d196772023-11-22 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b0099b4ccb4645092023-11-27 · +6dVerified

Name: Big Brothers Big Sisters
norm: big brothers big sisters
Domain: bigs.org

Name: Big Brothers Big Sisters
norm: big brothers big sisters
Domain: bigs.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 28, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 458state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware· Royal
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: RoyalExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Submitted an IC3 report to the FBI on May 3, 2023
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Submitted an IC3 report to the FBI on May 3, 2023
Engaged cybersecurity experts for comprehensive investigation
Ransom payment made to threat actors to recover data
Changes made: Enhanced Security Awareness Training
Security Configuration and Hardening
User Activity Monitoring
Enhanced Segmentation of Administrative Access Controls
Email Security Management
Third Party Security Assessments
24X7x365 Managed Detection and Response (by third-party MSSP)
Proactive Threat Hunting (by third-party MSSP)
Deployed Email Security Gateway
Email Authentication Enhancements
Enhanced MFA
Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems
Endpoint Detection and Response
Web Security Gateway
DNS Filtering
Threat Hunting Technology
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(238 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGNov 21 · first · this page

Washington State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 21 (MT), last Nov 27 (MA) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-888.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2023
Raw hash: 2325f0b9d8acbf809e4edfc145f901bc07b641d139e59b54f4bc9e74e83ff686

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBig Brothers Big Sisters

Victim entityBig Brothers Big Sisters

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2023

Stated responseSubmitted an IC3 report to the FBI on May 3, 2023

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov