MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO →2 incidents on file

The Latin School of Chicago notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack on third-party provider Blackbaud in May 2020. Perpetrators copied backups containing PII (names, SSNs, addresses, giving history). Blackbaud paid ransom to destroy backups. 4 NH residents affected. Latin provided 12 months credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 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 (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6dc65cc90920d1282020-08-12 · +5dVerified

Name: THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
norm: the latin school of chicago
Domain: latinschool.org

Name: THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
norm: the latin school of chicago
Domain: latinschool.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified NH Department of Justice pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. §359-C:19
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Provided 12 months of free credit monitoring and ID theft restoration through TransUnion
Retained TransUnion to provide credit monitoring services
Placed notification letters in the U.S. Mail
Changes made: Blackbaud implemented a security fix for the vulnerability
Blackbaud implemented additional safety protocols
Blackbaud accelerated efforts to enhance access management, backups, encryption, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 12 (MA), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/latin-school-chicago-20200813.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 17, 2020
Raw hash: fff2f81fad308cd9bba06baa4baa9d16c49d78581a6aa4d871f4152747178397

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO

Victim entityTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseProvided 12 months of free credit monitoring and ID theft restoration through TransUnion

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov