MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Vermont Public Radio

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 11, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vermont Public Radio →

Vermont Public Radio notified the NH Attorney General of a third-party ransomware attack on Blackbaud (May 2020). One NH resident's check image (name, account number) was accessed. VPR determined this on July 29, 2020, and notified the resident on August 10, 2020. Blackbaud paid ransom and destroyed data.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Name: Vermont Public Radio
norm: vermont public radio
Domain: vpr.org

Name: Vermont Public Radio
norm: vermont public radio
Domain: vpr.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: VPR conducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services it uses
VPR is providing written notice via United States Postal Service First-Class mail to this New Hampshire resident
VPR has implemented additional check imaging procedures to redact account number from check images
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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/vermont-public-radio-20200811.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2020
Raw hash: 79d18408fad74db84c24491edb9de3966d0a67c575ff7958a6b7bdca5a870a0f

Reporting entityVermont Public Radio

Victim entityVermont Public Radio

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseVPR conducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services it uses

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov