Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation experienced a data breach involving a ransomware attack through their service provider, Blackbaud, which was discovered after May 1, 2020. The breach potentially exposed public information, addresses, and philanthropic details of individuals involved with the foundation, but not their financial information. The breach was reported on September 4, 2020.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193798

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pkd-foundation

"id": "pkd330072825",
"linkid": "pkd-foundation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "5/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Service Provider (Blackbaud)',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['public information',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'philanthropic details']},
 'date_detected': 'after May 1, 2020',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': 'September 4, 2020',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation experienced a data '
                'breach involving a ransomware attack through their service '
                'provider, Blackbaud, which was discovered after May 1, 2020. '
                'The breach potentially exposed public information, addresses, '
                'and philanthropic details of individuals involved with the '
                'foundation, but not their financial information. The breach '
                'was reported on September 4, 2020.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['public information',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'philanthropic details']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}
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