MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 6, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

29state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Kimball Union Academy notified the NH AG of a third-party data breach involving vendor Blackbaud. Blackbaud suffered a ransomware incident in May 2020, leading to unauthorized access of customer data. KUA confirmed that names, addresses, and SSNs of 29 NH residents were potentially exposed. KUA notified affected individuals on Oct 1, 2020, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 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.Confirmed29 affectedView incident

Name: KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY
norm: kimball union academy

Name: KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY
norm: kimball union academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 29state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Kimball Union Academy data was potentially involved
Worked diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud
Undertook a comprehensive analysis of the information Blackbaud provided and the data stored on the systems identified by Blackbaud
Confirmed that personal information may have been present in the involved Blackbaud systems
Worked to confirm the appropriate contact information for the individuals associated with this personal information
Provided written notice to twenty-nine (29) New Hampshire residents
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 1 year through ID Experts
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 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/kimbal-union-academy-20201006.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2020
Raw hash: e2d7ca6b0b4039b1c2043d6a9c608496ac9761d67b11eeb8d7521e090e8a772b

Reporting entityKIMBALL UNION ACADEMY

Victim entityKIMBALL UNION ACADEMY

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Kimball Union Academy data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov