MalwareOtherRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

Blackbaud, Inc.

bd_f570ef08d4da8581 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

12,640state residents only

Confidence

70%

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) reported a ransomware incident involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud confirmed data exfiltration of donor information, including contact info and dates of birth, affecting 12,640 Washington residents. NPCA notified the WA AG on Aug 21, 2020, and began individual notifications on the same date.

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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.Confirmed12,640 affectedView incident

Name: National Parks Conservation Association
norm: national parks conservation

Name: Blackbaud, Inc.
norm: blackbaud
Industry: Otherllm

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: 12,640state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
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 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of Washington
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Notifying the affected individuals
Taking steps to comply with all applicable notification obligations
Changes made: Blackbaud has identified the vulnerability associated with this incident and taken actions to fix it
Accelerating efforts to further harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, deployment of additional endpoint, and network-based platforms
Working to expand their use of encryption technologies to provide additional security
Hired a third-party security service to monitor for any improper use of this data indefinitely on a 24/7/365 basis
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/BreachM10260.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: b321ad3eb8478d24fedd2a086170cf848d401f07b4ec9a2c530c4f1c7571de73

Reporting entityNational Parks Conservation Association

Victim entityBlackbaud, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com