MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

Heifer International

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

120,041state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Heifer International →4 incidents on file

Heifer Project International notified the Washington AG of a ransomware incident at third-party vendor Blackbaud. The breach affected 120,041 Washington residents, exposing names, driver's licenses, passports, DOBs, and financial account numbers. Heifer discovered the incident on July 16, 2020, and sent notifications on August 21, 2020.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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_1c49842de2d759a72020-08-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_37f0ff6628e6f1d22020-08-21Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4eb7c469d70e870b2020-08-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_8f13218d52fb30fa2020-08-21Verified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 11d gap

Delaware State AGbd_ff5af240d1fb968f2020-08-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_508965396c0e24d02020-09-01 · +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: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 120,041state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameDriver's licence numberDate of birthPassport number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the 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
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
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
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: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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

Montana State AGAug 21 · first

Delaware State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AGAug 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+11d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10257.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2020
Raw hash: 6afad20e2201d9e2d6eb3e9e2996e75417721772c5da178c4856ebb6e6447584

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

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com