MalwareOtherRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

The National WWII Museum

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 21, 2020

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The National WWII Museum →4 incidents on file

The National WWII Museum notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. The attack occurred between May 14 and May 20, 2020. The Museum investigated and confirmed that personal information (names and financial account data) of 2 New Hampshire residents may have been accessed. Notices were sent to residents on December 10, 2020, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 63 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 158 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The National WWII Museum
norm: the national wwii museum
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 14, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Museum data was potentially involved
Undertook a comprehensive analysis of the information Blackbaud provided and the data stored on the systems identified by Blackbaud
Provided written notice of the Blackbaud incident to two (2) New Hampshire residents
Provided notice to potentially affected individuals associated with The Museum
Provided individuals with the contact details for the national consumer reporting agencies
Provided individuals with information on how to obtain a free credit report
Encouraged individuals to contact the Federal Trade Commission, their state Attorney General, and law enforcement
Will be notifying other state regulators as required
Changes made: Working to review 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
Offering identity protection services provided by TransUnion for 12 months at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(158 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/national-wwii-museum-20201221.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2020
Raw hash: ec1b12f1ebb6c59aa526c413ac326d70d5bf7241ba3aaca766b828bd5f8bf502

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe National WWII Museum

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what, if any, sensitive Museum data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov