MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Alzheimer’s Association

bd_9e826d433db7d33e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 14, 2020

Filed

Jan 11, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Alzheimer’s Association →3 incidents on file

The Alzheimer's Association notified Montana residents of a data incident involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020, exposing donor personal information (names and other data elements) between May 14-20, 2020. The Association was notified on July 16, 2020, and is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 242 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

May 14, 2020

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Alzheimer’s Association
norm: alzheimer s
Domain: alz.org

Name: Alzheimer’s Association
norm: alzheimer s
Domain: alz.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 14, 2020
Breach occurred: May 14, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Initiated an independent investigation
Working to determine why Blackbaud did not notify us sooner
Reviewing policies and procedures for third-party vendors
Notifying potentially impacted individuals
Offering access to identity monitoring and identity theft protection services without cost for 12 months
Changes made: Holding Blackbaud accountable to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Reviewing policies and procedures for third-party vendors to ensure all safeguards for privacy and security are in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(242 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/alzSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2021
Raw hash: faad66e489edeb18a5e798c3746547110b105b56ca20f5cf476260d0881db298

Reporting entityAlzheimer’s Association

Victim entityAlzheimer’s Association

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2020

Stated responseInitiated an independent investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov