MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom PaidIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

St. Johnsbury Academy

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 7, 2021

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for St. Johnsbury Academy →

St. Johnsbury Academy notified Montana residents of a third-party data breach involving Blackbaud, Inc. A ransomware attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, resulting in data exfiltration. Affected data included names and Social Security numbers. The victim offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 265 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_074258656815d2c42021-04-11 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2514c8d1e29a3b0a2021-04-11 · +4dVerified

Name: St. Johnsbury Academy
norm: st johnsbury academy

Name: St. Johnsbury Academy
norm: st johnsbury academy
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-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
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Removed social security numbers from alumni database
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud enhancing their security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(265 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGApr 7 · first · this page

Maine State AG+4d

Massachusetts 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/OCP/a-notif-43.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2021
Raw hash: 9d22fbc3cecd74de8c976ce7677957e59baa23224c02c6cb5990cad3315f98bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Johnsbury Academy

Victim entitySt. Johnsbury Academy

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov