MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Forsyth Country Day School, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

Nov 16, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Forsyth Country Day School, Inc. →

Forsyth Country Day School notified the NH AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving vendor Blackbaud. An unknown actor accessed/exfiltrated data (names, SSNs) from Blackbaud systems between May 1-20, 2020. FCDS confirmed one NH resident was affected. Notice sent Nov 10, 2020. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 151 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Sep 29, 2020

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3e4ecda00acc05e42020-11-11 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_43d752d88ea1a60f2020-11-11 · +5dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Forsyth Country Day School, Inc.
norm: forsyth country day school
Domain: fcds.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 151 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Coordinated with Blackbaud to confirm what information may have been affected
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Provided potentially impacted individuals access to credit monitoring services for 24 months
Provided individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying state regulators as required
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first

Maine State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (MA), last Nov 16 (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/forsyth-country-day-school-20201116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2020
Raw hash: ca14d4d28fce01cdef604957c8765da0873f38291224fab575c9df61219481a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityForsyth Country Day School, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2020

Stated responseCoordinated with Blackbaud to confirm what information may have been affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov