MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED →

The Frederick Gunn School notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving its third-party provider, Blackbaud. A threat actor conducted an attempted ransomware attack and exfiltrated data from Blackbaud's systems between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The incident affected one New Hampshire resident, whose full name and Social Security Number were potentially accessed. Frederick Gunn engaged forensic experts, determined the scope, and provided the affected individual with two years of credit monitoring and fraud assistance. Blackbaud paid the threat actor to ensure data destruction.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 235 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Sep 29, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 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 (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f5a5c2e544def1832021-01-13 · +6dVerified

Name: THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED
norm: the frederick gunn school

Name: THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED
norm: the frederick gunn school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 235 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents
Initiated an internal investigation
Demanded detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident
Provided the affected resident with written notification
Offered a complimentary two-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Advised the affected resident about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the FTC
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Blackbaud is conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Frederick Gunn continually evaluates and modifies its practices, and those of its third party service providers, to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 13 (MA), last Jan 19 (NH) — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/frederick-gunn-school-20210119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: 0c4e91da10c3663cf95ad0ca5aeef2f37afd725c65f2d3eda6252b1669283582

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED

Victim entityTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL, INCORPORATED

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov