MalwareEducationGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

The Governor's Academy

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 14, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

199state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Governor's Academy →2 incidents on file

The Governor's Academy notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident involving third-party provider Blackbaud. A threat actor attempted a ransomware attack on May 20, 2020, but data was exfiltrated between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Approximately 199 NH residents' names and SSNs were potentially exposed. The Academy engaged forensic experts, notified residents on Dec 31, 2020, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 182 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 14, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_33ce9bda62e76ffe2021-01-06 · +8dVerified
Maine State AGbd_37ac76b4fec778a62021-01-06 · +8dCandidate

Name: The Governor's Academy
norm: the governor s academy

Name: The Governor's Academy
norm: the governor s academy

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 199state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Third party: via Blackbaudthird party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents
Initiated an internal investigation
Demanded detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident
Provided affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offered complimentary two-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Blackbaud is conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
The Governor's Academy continually evaluates and modifies its practices, and those of its third party service providers, to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(182 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 6 · first

Maine State AGJan 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 6 (MA), last Jan 14 (NH) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/governors-academy-20210114.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2021
Raw hash: 65d28f36c36c420d791eb1894ce0ed937ef7312b1e09ce69930b5922a091d9fe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Governor's Academy

Victim entityThe Governor's Academy

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov