MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Rutgers Preparatory School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Feb 19, 2021

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rutgers Preparatory School →2 incidents on file

Rutgers Preparatory School notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware attack on its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access occurred between February 7 and May 20, 2020. A single New Hampshire resident's name and Social Security number were exposed in unencrypted backup files. The victim received notification on February 18, 2021, and was offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 294 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

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.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Rutgers Preparatory School
norm: rutgers preparatory school

Name: Rutgers Preparatory School
norm: rutgers preparatory school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 18, 2021
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 Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Conducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services used by Rutgers Preparatory School
Provided written notice to the New Hampshire resident by mailing a letter via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offered the New Hampshire resident a complimentary, two-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through CyberScout
Established a dedicated phone number where the individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
Undertaking a review of how our information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(294 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/rutgers-preparatory-20210219.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 19, 2021
Raw hash: c56d8dc875535e4d5ae17abd33ac657c82b60a4e95852c7243419128b9ee0887

Reporting entityRutgers Preparatory School

Victim entityRutgers Preparatory School

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseConducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services used by Rutgers Preparatory School

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov