MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Friends School of Baltimore, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 30, 2021

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Friends School of Baltimore, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Friends School of Baltimore notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access to Blackbaud's systems occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, involving a ransomware attack. Backup files containing donor names and Social Security numbers were exfiltrated. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the destruction of stolen files. Friends School of Baltimore identified 3 New Hampshire residents affected and mailed notification letters on April 29, 2021, offering two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 288 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Friends School of Baltimore, Inc.
norm: friends school of baltimore

Name: Friends School of Baltimore, Inc.
norm: friends school of baltimore
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Worked to identify contact information for the donors to provide them notification
Mailed notification letters to three New Hampshire residents via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offered the New Hampshire residents complimentary, two-year memberships to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through CyberScout
Established a dedicated phone number where the individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
Undertaking a review of how our information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 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/friends-school-baltimore-20210430.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2021
Raw hash: 6be9c17da226ac1f304b908adac6d456cb08b07287a8ee1c9d2d8dc0193dba35

Reporting entityFriends School of Baltimore, Inc.

Victim entityFriends School of Baltimore, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov