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AARP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

248,615state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for AARP →2 incidents on file

AARP, Inc. and AARP Foundation notified the Washington AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving vendor Blackbaud. The attacker accessed and encrypted donor data, copying names and DOBs for 248,615 Washington residents. Blackbaud paid a ransom and claimed data destruction. AARP discovered the breach on July 16, 2020, after Blackbaud's notification.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 161 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Feb 6, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed248,615 affectedView incident

Name: AARP
norm: aarp
Domain: aarp.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: AARP
norm: aarp
Domain: aarp.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 6, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 161 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 248,615state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
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 Washington Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Discontinued engagement of Blackbaud for certain advocacy activities
Evaluating Blackbaud’s security program and safeguards
Engaged services to search the Internet for anyone posting or offering to sell information
Changes made: Evaluating Blackbaud’s security program and safeguards for other Blackbaud services and products
Evaluating relationship with Blackbaud overall
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10297.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: e4d296dcf95b9209e1f92c556dd4aa7c0e62c7a854226de0533baa80e6a67782

Reporting entityAARP

Victim entityAARP

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseDiscontinued engagement of Blackbaud for certain advocacy activities

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com