MalwareOtherRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHICriticalContained

March of Dimes

bd_de337a6970bcfbd0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

446,097state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for March of Dimes →

March of Dimes Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the Washington AG regarding a ransomware attack on its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The incident, occurring between Feb-May 2020, exposed donor PII (names, addresses, DOB) and limited PHI (health conditions). 446,097 Washington residents were affected. Blackbaud paid ransom, confirmed data destruction, and continues monitoring.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 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 · 160 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed446,097 affectedView incident

Name: March of Dimes
norm: march of dimes
Domain: marchofdimes.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: March of Dimes
norm: march of dimes
Domain: marchofdimes.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Otherllm

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: 446,097state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 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: Provided supplemental notice to Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Worked diligently to investigate this incident
Provided formal substitute notice to affected Washington residents
Blackbaud paid a ransom to the cybercriminal
Blackbaud worked with law enforcement and third-party experts
Blackbaud retained an expert to scan the web for exposed donor information
March of Dimes will no longer be utilizing Blackbaud’s services
Changes made: Blackbaud confirmed that any data copied had been destroyed
Blackbaud agreed to continue monitoring and inform March of Dimes if any exposed March of Dimes donor information is discovered online
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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/BreachM10233.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 3b875fd6f8d00f631668982375f71513f16fc7793d09b43cbccc719382965bab

Reporting entityMarch of Dimes

Victim entityMarch of Dimes

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseWorked diligently to investigate this incident

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com