MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIMediumContained

Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

Aug 30, 2024

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

870state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County →

Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County (BGCWC) disclosed a cybersecurity incident discovered on November 27, 2023, involving malware on a server. The breach potentially exposed personal information of 870 Washington residents, including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial/medical data. BGCWC isolated the server, engaged forensic investigators, and notified the WA Attorney General. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d40 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 277 days

Nov 27, 2023

Begins

Nov 27, 2023

Discovered

Aug 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_e962672195878f2f2024-08-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3d77c759c336b4bc2024-09-09 · +10dVerified

Name: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker

Name: Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County
norm: boys and girls clubs of whatcom county
Domain: whatcomclubs.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 27, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 30, 2024
Affected individuals: 870state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson

During the incident: Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Isolated the affected server
Secured and remediated the server
Conducted an extensive and comprehensive review of potentially affected files
Disconnected all access to its network
Restored operations in a safe and secure mode
Strengthened password requirements
Enhanced cyber-monitoring security measures
Transitioned to a new IT vendor
Retrained personnel
Offered twelve months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Haystack
Changes made: Strengthened password requirements
Enhanced cyber-monitoring security measures
Transitioned to a new IT vendor
Retrained personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(277 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 30 · first

Washington State AGAug 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Aug 30 (IN), last Sep 9 (NH) — a 10-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/BreachA30408.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2024
Raw hash: 3db31563bb29c185fdfde13476ef11625e76d9b23824355df42526e1bdda5794

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP

Victim entityBoys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com