MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

MacDowell

bd_76750f96c6011a3d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

89state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MacDowell →

The MacDowell Colony Inc. notified the NH AG of a third-party ransomware attack on vendor Blackbaud (July 16, 2020). Employee PII (SSN, driver's license) in unencrypted fields was acquired. 89 NH residents affected. Notifications sent Aug 15, 2020. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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_062d92569d050c3b2020-08-26 · +2dVerified

Name: MacDowell
norm: macdowell
Domain: macdowell.org

Name: MacDowell
norm: macdowell
Domain: macdowell.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §359-C:20
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged Experian to offer two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Removed all data from unencrypted fields until Blackbaud has confirmed that the fields are encrypted
Worked with Blackbaud to determine the extent of the breach
Working closely with lawyers who specialize in these types of cyber incidents
Changes made: Offering complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Removing sensitive information from unencrypted fields
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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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New Hampshire State AGAug 24 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/macdowell-colony-20200824.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2020
Raw hash: 19746055fef737847adc328f2011d8dcdb28249ed4bfbd05d8590df10d29780e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMacDowell

Victim entityMacDowell

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged Experian to offer two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov