MalwareOtherRansomwareData MishandlingRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

George W. Bush Presidential Center

bd_73658a8859399c52 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jul 31, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected

6,797state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for George W. Bush Presidential Center →

The George W. Bush Presidential Center notified the Washington AG of a ransomware attack on its third-party cloud provider, Blackbaud. The attack occurred in May 2020. Attackers exfiltrated data including names, DOBs, SSNs, and financial info from 6,797 Washington residents. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. The Center mailed notifications on July 29, 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d15 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 · 76 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,797 affectedView incident

Name: Lock, Lord & Co.
norm: lock lord

Name: George W. Bush Presidential Center
norm: george w bush presidential center
Domain: bushcenter.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2020
Affected individuals: 6,797state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial 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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged independent forensics experts
Notified law enforcement
Expelled cybercriminals from Blackbaud's system
Paid a ransom to the attackers
Obtained confirmation that compromised information has been destroyed
Preparing notification letters to mail to Washington residents
Changes made: Enhancing safeguards to mitigate the risk of future attacks
Paying a third party service to periodically review the dark web
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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/BreachM10207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2020
Raw hash: ab4d8d1a65db69ae0e315db2a6a3b58cd4d2c68f2520b9a28b307d34261a41eb

Reporting entityLock, Lord & Co.

Victim entityGeorge W. Bush Presidential Center

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged independent forensics experts

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com