MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

The Benjamin School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 15, 2020

Filed

Nov 16, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Benjamin School →

The Benjamin School notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. An unauthorized third party deployed ransomware and exfiltrated data from Blackbaud's systems between April 18 and May 17, 2020. The breach potentially exposed the name and Social Security number of one New Hampshire resident. The School is offering two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 180 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Apr 18, 2020

Begins

Oct 15, 2020

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_97fd79ba04fdc0c92020-11-13 · +3dVerified

Name: Polsinelli PC
norm: polsinelli

Name: The Benjamin School
norm: the benjamin school
Domain: 46634.digitalsports.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2020 – May 17, 2020
Undetected for: 180 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2020
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
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose personal information may have been impacted
Notifying impacted individuals
Providing them with information on how they can protect themselves against fraudulent activity and identity theft
Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Established a confidential telephone inquiry line to assist the affected New Hampshire resident
Changes made: Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the technical controls in place for securing Benjamin’s data in the Blackbaud system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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 AGNov 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/benjamin-school-20201116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2020
Raw hash: 4b7ed262bb6e161989b4acdc2d26e53749c9a9160f7d6be2e6afd6402e1997bf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPolsinelli PC

Victim entityThe Benjamin School

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2020

Stated responseWorked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose personal information may have been impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov