MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Salem State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Salem State University →2 incidents on file

Salem State University notified Montana residents of a third-party breach involving Blackbaud. Blackbaud suffered a ransomware attack in May 2020, resulting in the exfiltration of backup files containing names and SSNs. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. Salem State offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5c3d5828c91835872020-09-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_92b1ff168fd43d252020-09-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6eca700c59859d12020-09-15 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fc9364897cd141f52020-09-11 · +3dVerified

Name: Salem State University
norm: salem state university

Name: Salem State University
norm: salem state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud reported working with law enforcement
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services used
Offering complimentary membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Notifying affected individuals
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect data from any subsequent incidents
Enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Salem-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: a5320a82c28f981316c08616c5274a4321c194784d6d17fb9be3b8f5b6178809

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySalem State University

Victim entitySalem State University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services used

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov