MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

981,068state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America →4 incidents on file

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) notified the Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party provider Blackbaud, Inc. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud notified BSA on July 16, 2020. Unauthorized access resulted in the exfiltration of a backup file containing names, DOBs, and contact info of approx. 981,068 Washington residents. BSA began notifications on Aug 21, 2020.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed981,068 affectedView incident

Name: Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
norm: denver area council boy scouts of america
Domain: scouting.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
norm: denver area council boy scouts of america
Domain: scouting.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 981,068state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted its own investigation
Began notification of the Washington residents via media notice, conspicuous posting on its website, and email notification
Established a dedicated point of contact
Sent a courtesy communication to all the individuals in the database for whom it maintained an email address
Changes made: Blackbaud identified the vulnerability associated with this incident and fixed it
Blackbaud undertaking efforts to harden its environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
BSA reviewing its own security practices and system configurations
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10255.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2020
Raw hash: dfba6d2e8a24b158e9f9db741ad8abacb93f9dbc873a1badcaf73e31f98df74b

Reporting entityDenver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

Victim entityDenver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted its own investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com