MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center

bd_72b032ed08cb7c9c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 13, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected

8,441state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center →

Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center reported a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. The breach was discovered on July 16, 2020. Approximately 8,441 Washington donors had names and birthdates exposed. Data was contained and destroyed.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d28 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 · 28 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,441 affectedView incident

Name: Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
norm: hearing speech deaf center

Name: Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
norm: hearing speech deaf center
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 8,441state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate 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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Responded to and contained the situation with the aid of law enforcement and cybersecurity forensics experts
Mailed security breach notice to affected donors
Changes made: Stolen data was destroyed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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/BreachM10224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 13, 2020
Raw hash: c716ddc1e4a5fca1b98184040dc90329886a341d3f3a0296ab89e90a297b37f6

Reporting entityHearing, Speech & Deaf Center

Victim entityHearing, Speech & Deaf Center

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseResponded to and contained the situation with the aid of law enforcement and cybersecurity forensics experts

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com