MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom PaidIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Farm Sanctuary, Inc.

bd_c2e3edbc9d37f105 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

Oct 2, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,065state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Farm Sanctuary, Inc. →

Farm Sanctuary, Inc. notified Washington AG of a ransomware incident affecting third-party vendor Blackbaud. Data exfiltrated before containment on May 20, 2020. Affected data: names and DOBs. 1,065 WA residents notified on Oct 2, 2020. Vendor paid ransom and confirmed data destruction.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 203 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 28, 2020

Discovered

Oct 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,065 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Farm Sanctuary, Inc.
norm: farm sanctuary
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 203 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,065state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Investigation into this matter is ongoing
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing 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: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10332.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2020
Raw hash: 706f2897c2ed936a6959b04eb691c753e3d963f58367ada7657a29da2d1b05f5

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityFarm Sanctuary, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2020

Stated responseInvestigation into this matter is ongoing

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com