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MalwareRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC.

bd_c0d9d170f28cf2c6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 13, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

6331 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC.2 incidents on file

Atlanta Botanical Garden, a non-profit organization, announced a data breach impacting individuals, including one resident of Maine, due to a ransomware attack on its third-party service provider, Blackbaud. The breach occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, and was discovered on October 16, 2020. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the organization provided written notifications to affected individuals on November 13, 2020, and offered identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 16, 2020Filed with AG Nov 13, 202028d ME AG ≤30d28 days discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 252 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Oct 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 13, 2020

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed633 affectedView incident

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.