The Wheeler School

The Wheeler School, an independent school in Rhode Island, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware incident in May 2020, resulting in system encryption and data exfiltration. The Wheeler School confirmed that the Social Security numbers and names of four New Hampshire residents were potentially affected. The school provided two years of complimentary credit monitoring through Epiq and notified affected individuals in December 2020.

The Wheeler School, an educational institution, experienced an external system breach on May 14, 2020, which was discovered on September 29, 2020. The incident compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 1,593 individuals. The school notified affected individuals on December 15, 2020, and offered two years of credit monitoring services through Epiq.

The Wheeler School reported a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. The breach was reported on 2020-12-15. 212 Massachusetts residents were affected. The report records the breach type as electronic.