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Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

bd_f1a1a20281040fe5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 12, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud. An unauthorized individual accessed Blackbaud's systems between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, obtaining backup copies of Pennington's accounting and donor databases. One NH resident's name and SSN were potentially compromised. Pennington notified the resident on Nov 10, 2020, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring. Pennington is reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 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

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGSep 28 · first
Indiana State AGSep 28 · first
Maine State AGSep 28 · first
New Hampshire State AG+45d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MA), last Nov 12 (NH) — a 45-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.