MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountBiometricHighContained

Save the Children International

bd_635b407fa7f246f6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

47,465state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Save the Children International →3 incidents on file

Save the Children notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on vendor Blackbaud's system. Access occurred Feb-May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. Exfiltrated supporter PII (names, contact info, DOB, check images, encrypted EFT data). 47,465 WA residents affected. Ransom paid. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 29 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed47,465 affectedView incident

Name: Save the Children International
norm: save the children
Domain: savethechildren.net
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: Save the Children International
norm: save the children
Domain: savethechildren.net
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 47,465state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountBiometric
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberDate of birth
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: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Removed data from Blackbaud's servers
Contacted Blackbaud for more information
Implemented dark web monitoring
Sent written notice to potentially-affected individuals
Provided 12 months of credit monitoring services
Posted a press release on website
Changes made: Taking steps to protect supporters' data internally and with third-party vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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.

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/BreachM10237.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 09f0c93bdcc310fc602c81173034bd59cc8de3e4e2838b28ca9ced00b7ddf490

Reporting entitySave the Children International

Victim entitySave the Children International

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseRemoved data from Blackbaud's servers

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com