MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Concord Academy

bd_e00512b46fb09367 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Concord Academy →3 incidents on file

Concord Academy notified the NH AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020. Discovery date July 16, 2020. 8 NH residents affected; data included names, addresses, and SSNs. Ransom was paid and data allegedly destroyed. Remediation included vendor hardening and credit monitoring offer.

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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

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4d82dc233b0887cc2020-08-21 · +3dVerified

Name: Concord Academy
norm: concord academy
Domain: concordacademy.org

Name: Concord Academy
norm: concord academy
Domain: concordacademy.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted its own investigation to determine whether the incident would require notice to affected individuals and/or regulators
Engaged legal counsel with expertise in cyber law to assist with its investigation
Offering a complimentary, two-year subscription for identity theft protection services from Experian
Changes made: Blackbaud reported that it has already implemented the following changes designed to protect data: (1) confirming through testing by multiple third parties, including the appropriate platform vendors, that Blackbaud ' s fix withstands all known attack tactics; and (2) accelerating its efforts to further harden its environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/concord-academy-20200824.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: c3c13577ae18b5d3e022a6d5e6fcf232bc440b0d4c32a99a7ab8047e3f767df2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConcord Academy

Victim entityConcord Academy

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted its own investigation to determine whether the incident would require notice to affected individuals and/or regulators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov