MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

Sep 30, 2020

To disclose

22 days

Affected

734state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC. →

World Relief, a non-profit, notified Washington AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020. World Relief discovered the incident on Sep 8, 2020, after reviewing impacted databases. 734 Washington residents affected; data included names and dates of birth. Notifications sent Sep 28, 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d22 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 · 214 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Sep 8, 2020

Discovered

Sep 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed734 affectedView incident

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC.
norm: lutheran world relief
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 214 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 734state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified FBI
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched independent investigation
Worked with Blackbaud to ensure data was secure
Notified potentially-affected individuals
Provided guidance on steps to protect personal information
Cooperated with law enforcement (FBI)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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/BreachM10330.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2020
Raw hash: 77a07f96a31a001203b405596503fbced98631f8e14a7855f7720d22cecac204

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2020

Stated responseLaunched independent investigation

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com