MalwareOtherRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Heifer International

bd_ff5af240d1fb968f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,225state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Heifer International →4 incidents on file

Heifer International notified Delaware AG of a third-party data event involving vendor Blackbaud. A ransomware attack on Blackbaud's systems in May 2020 resulted in data exfiltration. Heifer's affected data included names and financial account numbers for 1,225 Delaware residents. Heifer notified affected individuals on August 21, 2020, and implemented additional employee safeguards and vendor review processes.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 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 (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c49842de2d759a72020-08-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_37f0ff6628e6f1d22020-08-21Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4eb7c469d70e870b2020-08-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_5fed5fc34f0f64372020-08-21Verified

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Montana State AGbd_8f13218d52fb30fa2020-08-21Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_508965396c0e24d02020-09-01 · +11dVerified

Name: Heifer International
norm: heifer international
Domain: heifer.org

Name: Heifer International
norm: heifer international
Domain: heifer.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,225state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators, as required
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Worked with Blackbaud to determine what sensitive data was potentially involved
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing the way we work with third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures to protect against this type of incident in the future
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing the way we work with third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

Oregon State AGAug 21 · first

Indiana State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AGAug 21 · first

Montana State AGAug 21 · first

Delaware State AGAug 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (MA), last Sep 1 (NH) — a 11-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/09/Heifer-Project-International-Notice-of-Data-Event-DE.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: de43be47b15201d5ec9955a233c12693f97677ee150f3125e64fab464a663f80

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeifer International

Victim entityHeifer International

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov