MalwareHealthcareOtherHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

60,813state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands →

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands (PPGNHI) notified the Washington AG of a ransomware attack on its vendor, Blackbaud. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud notified PPGNHI on July 16, 2020. Donor data including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and birthdates were accessed. 60,813 Washington residents were affected. PPGNHI began notifying individuals on Aug 14, 2020.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 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 · 160 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed60,813 affectedView incident

Name: Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands
norm: planned parenthood of the great northwest and the hawaiian islands

Name: Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands
norm: planned parenthood of the great northwest and the hawaiian islands
Industry: HealthcarellmOtherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 60,813state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Responded to and contained the situation with the aid of law enforcement and cybersecurity and forensics experts
Provided notice to state residents
Conducting a close investigation to fully understand what measures Blackbaud is taking to remedy this situation and prevent further incidents
Changes made: Conducting a close investigation to fully understand what measures Blackbaud is taking to remedy this situation and prevent further incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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/BreachM10262.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2020
Raw hash: 3d914fc8896f69c7558217f5d6c76c5d281c5f999f6ab3cd4c1c79a2d99e7f4b

Reporting entityPlanned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands

Victim entityPlanned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseResponded to and contained the situation with the aid of law enforcement and cybersecurity and forensics experts

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com