MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIMediumContained

Joslin Diabetes Center

bd_b50dc0f5f6e17bc9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,212state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Joslin Diabetes Center →

Joslin Diabetes Center notified Washington AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Joslin discovered the incident on July 16, 2020, upon notification from Blackbaud. 1,212 Washington residents affected; data included names, DOBs, and medical info. Blackbaud systems were encrypted; data potentially exfiltrated before containment.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_d9d141ecb103bdb82020-09-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_d1383f627c2dcb202020-09-20 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_343d44bb8a8b83412020-09-14 · +4dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Joslin Diabetes Center
norm: joslin diabetes center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 18, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,212state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
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 ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil RightsNotifying state regulators as required
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Joslin data was potentially involved
Undertook a comprehensive analysis of the information Blackbaud provided and the data stored on the systems identified by Blackbaud
Provided notice to potentially affected individuals associated with Joslin
Posted notice of the Blackbaud incident on its website
Issued a nationwide media notice
Provided notified individuals with a toll-free dedicated call center
Provided individuals with the contact details for the national consumer reporting agencies
Notified the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
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: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRSep 14 · first

California State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d · this page

Montana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 14 (MA), last Sep 20 (MT) — a 6-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10316.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2020
Raw hash: 158c81a85d371f1ff735b98a61eed91d08b18056553f2b089ca88c83dc6a1b72

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityJoslin Diabetes Center

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Joslin data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com