MalwareOtherRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The National WWII Museum

bd_80263b42f28b952c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 10, 2020

Filed

Feb 12, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The National WWII Museum →3 incidents on file

The National WWII Museum notified Montana residents of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. The attack occurred in May 2020, encrypting systems and potentially exfiltrating donor data. The Museum determined the scope of affected personal information around November 10, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 193 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Nov 10, 2020

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_580662e465e4bb772021-02-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_edf45cdbdf47af8c2020-12-21 · +53dCandidate

Name: The National WWII Museum
norm: the national wwii museum

Name: The National WWII Museum
norm: the national wwii museum
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 193 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying regulators, as required

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted a full audit of its systems to confirm what information related to our institution may have been impacted
Offering identity protection services provided by TransUnion for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Notifying regulators, as required
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 21 · first

Indiana State AG+53d

Montana State AG+53d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (NH), last Feb 12 (MT) — a 53-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Museum-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2021
Raw hash: acd94ea1a569232787ee465d17edc2ca0e99634f7bc5e52f2f4e990df970903a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe National WWII Museum

Victim entityThe National WWII Museum

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov