MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom PaidData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 27, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,429state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND →2 incidents on file

University of Puget Sound notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud in May 2020. Incident discovered July 16, 2020. Approximately 1,429 WA residents affected; data included names, addresses, and DOBs. Ransom paid; vendor claims data destroyed.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 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 · 76 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,429 affectedView incident

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
norm: the university of puget sound
Domain: pugetsound.edu
Industry: Education

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
norm: the university of puget sound
Domain: pugetsound.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,429state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
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: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Initiating its own investigation into the incident
Reviewing internal security practices and system configurations
Working to improve our review process for approving third-party cloud solutions
Followed up with Blackbaud to confirm their actions going forward
Changes made: Reviewing internal security practices and system configurations to even better protect personal information in the future
Working to improve our review process for approving third-party cloud solutions
Examining, specifically, our relationship with Blackbaud in light of this incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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/BreachM10267.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 27, 2020
Raw hash: e59a8a8cbea25a658eda6a98b19935e277cfd8fc0d621bac8dfa12b9e6302e28

Reporting entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

Victim entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseInitiating its own investigation into the incident

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com