MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 19, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod →2 incidents on file

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) notified the NH Attorney General of a data breach involving its third-party provider, Blackbaud. A ransomware attack in May 2020 impacted legacy data tables containing names, DOBs, financial account numbers, and SSNs. Five New Hampshire residents were identified as affected. WELS is notifying individuals and offering 24 months of credit monitoring. The incident was contained by Blackbaud.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 126 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 19, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7f5fe82fd1d3092f2020-11-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_f6087d403309c14e2020-11-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d96585f84bb4d8a32020-10-29 · +21dVerified
Washington State AGbd_dc09db9b722e36942020-08-10 · +101dCandidate

Name: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
norm: michael best friedrich

Name: Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
norm: wisconsin evangelical lutheran synod
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified NH Department of Justice (Attorney General)
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working with third party cybersecurity experts and law enforcement
Identified the vulnerability associated with this incident and quickly implemented a security fix
Confirmed through testing by multiple third parties that their fix was able to withstand all currently known cyberattacks
Implemented additional safety protocols to help protect data
Offering the affected individuals credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional safety protocols to help protect data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(126 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGAug 10 · first

Indiana State AG+80d

Massachusetts State AG+101d

Maine State AG+101d

New Hampshire State AG+101d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 10 (WA), last Nov 19 (NH) — a 101-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/wisconsin-evangelical-lutheran-synod-20201119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2020
Raw hash: 366906d95f4ec626c11643dffcebaa4e2b681fc25fa400439bd54d5c65b10848

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMichael Best & Friedrich LLP

Victim entityWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseWorking with third party cybersecurity experts and law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov