MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumActive

Friends Seminary

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 30, 2020

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Friends Seminary →3 incidents on file

Friends Seminary notified the NH AG of a data event involving third-party vendor Blackbaud. A ransomware attack on Blackbaud's systems in May 2020 resulted in unauthorized access to employee data, including SSNs and bank account info. One NH resident was affected. Friends Seminary provided 2 years of credit monitoring via Experian. Investigation was ongoing as of Nov 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 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: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Friends Seminary
norm: friends seminary
Domain: friendsseminary.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement
Provided access to credit monitoring services for two (2) years through Experian
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Working to review existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Changes made: 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: 20 weeks(137 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/friends-seminary-20201130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2020
Raw hash: bbca7a9aa4c306e4476bdf80fb5f02744d6de22dedc89d9b6010428fd8862873

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityFriends Seminary

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov