MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Darlington School

bd_d5323f86c2b07092 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 4, 2020

Filed

Dec 30, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

1,8541 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Darlington School →

Darlington School, an educational institution in Rome, Georgia, reported a ransomware event involving its third-party provider, Blackbaud. The breach occurred between May 14 and May 20, 2020, and was discovered on December 4, 2020. The incident compromised the Social Security Numbers of approximately 1,854 individuals, including one Maine resident. The school provided 24 months of credit and identity monitoring services to affected parties.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 4, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 30, 202026d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days 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 · 204 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

Dec 4, 2020

Discovered

Dec 30, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3b831cc255a0d34e2020-12-30Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8f17a1582dedb81b2020-12-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bca2b6d769fb145c2020-12-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a98354f22640f2392021-01-07 · +8dVerified

Name: Darlington School
norm: darlington school
Domain: darlingtonschool.org
Industry: Education

Name: Darlington School
norm: darlington school
Domain: darlingtonschool.org
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2020
Breach occurred: May 14, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 204 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,854state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Epiq or Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 4, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2020
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 4, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2020	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGDec 30 · first

Indiana State AGDec 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 30 · first

Maine State AGDec 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Dec 30 (MT), last Jan 7 (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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cc226921-32db-443c-8482-71d207fb0a7c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2020
Raw hash: 55b4f9faa15476e614006427b790dfc2b0620d89a546bce127a3533e6231142f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDarlington School

Victim entityDarlington School

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov