MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Heifer International

bd_8f13218d52fb30fa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,850state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heifer International →4 incidents on file

Heifer Project International notified Montana AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving vendor Blackbaud in May 2020. The incident was discovered by Heifer on July 16, 2020. Personal information (names) was potentially involved. Heifer offered one year of credit monitoring. No specific data access was confirmed for Heifer's records.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 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 (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c49842de2d759a72020-08-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_37f0ff6628e6f1d22020-08-21Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4eb7c469d70e870b2020-08-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_5fed5fc34f0f64372020-08-21Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 11d gap

Delaware State AGbd_ff5af240d1fb968f2020-08-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_508965396c0e24d02020-09-01 · +11dVerified

Name: Heifer International
norm: heifer international
Domain: heifer.org

Name: Heifer International
norm: heifer international
Domain: heifer.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,850state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying state and federal regulators
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.

During the incident: Started an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Working diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud
Reviewing the way we work with third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures to protect against this type of incident in the future
Notifying state and federal regulators
Arranged for credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for one year
Changes made: Reviewing the way we work with third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

Oregon State AGAug 21 · first

Indiana State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AGAug 21 · first

Delaware State AGAug 21 · first

Montana State AGAug 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (MA), last Sep 1 (NH) — a 11-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/Heifer-Project-International-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2020
Raw hash: 5aca8c5fc75431de9a1bea15fc3f1320e6e1fe6f5c7a2730bde0d982c4904210

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeifer International

Victim entityHeifer International

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseStarted an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov