MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Berwick Academy

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 16, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1,265state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Berwick Academy →

Berwick Academy notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident involving its third-party provider, Blackbaud. A threat actor exfiltrated data from Blackbaud's systems between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The incident involved an attempted ransomware attack which was stopped, but data was removed. Personal information, including full names and Social Security numbers, of approximately 1,265 New Hampshire residents was potentially exposed. Berwick Academy engaged forensic experts, notified the AG on February 11, 2021, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_88ec5cf40f4388452021-02-11 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e2b9a271626bfcfb2021-02-11 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_c60cf128f02d73d42021-02-10 · +6dVerified

Name: Berwick Academy
norm: berwick academy

Name: Berwick Academy
norm: berwick academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,265state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
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 Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaudthird party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents
Initiated an internal investigation
Demanded detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident
Provided affected residents with written notification
Offered complimentary two-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Blackbaud is conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Berwick Academy continually evaluates and modifies its practices, and those of its third party service providers, to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 10 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 10 (IN), last Feb 16 (NH) — a 6-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/berwick-academy-20210216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2021
Raw hash: 6da8e37c4694dfae3eca8595a0692c9993d51f8953288805ff70810ae691fc43

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBerwick Academy

Victim entityBerwick Academy

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov