MalwareOtherRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom PaidData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Ronald McDonald House Charities

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 19, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

911state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Ronald McDonald House Charities →2 incidents on file

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) notified Washington AG of a third-party breach involving Blackbaud, Inc. A ransomware attack in May 2020 resulted in the exfiltration of a limited amount of donor data (names, DOB, addresses, donation info). RMHC was notified on July 16, 2020. 911 Washington residents were affected. Blackbaud paid the ransom.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks 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 · 5 weeks / 34 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed911 affectedView incident

Name: Ronald McDonald House Charities
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Name: Ronald McDonald House Charities
norm: ronald mcdonald house charities
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 911state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working with Blackbaud to obtain more information about this incident
Reviewing its policies and procedures relating to vendor data security
Provided all recipients with contact information for the three major credit reporting bureaus
Changes made: Reviewing policies and procedures relating to vendor data security
Working with Blackbaud to determine if all data fields in the database and any backups can be encrypted going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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/BreachM10252.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2020
Raw hash: 86deb48904fe4b482f5f4a4e2c197a96a6e3e59ad5b1812244468fd29ab4524f

Reporting entityRonald McDonald House Charities

Victim entityRonald McDonald House Charities

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseWorking with Blackbaud to obtain more information about this incident

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com