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Georgia Southern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 9, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

68state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Georgia Southern University →3 incidents on file

Georgia Southern University notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7–May 20, 2020. Data included names, SSNs, and donor profiles. Blackbaud paid ransom, destroyed data, and fixed vulnerabilities. GSU provided 1-year Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 9, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 10 filings 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 (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9a1d3bde30c054cc2020-10-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_a34a40eec8e52e7d2020-10-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_ba25f36a52d8f4522020-10-09Verified
California State AGbd_fefe1ef75864e2942020-10-09Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 38d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_14893e273448a9e52020-10-13 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_e126591bdb34b0492020-10-13 · +4dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_c85b3a4945e51a3f2020-11-13 · +35dVerified
Washington State AGbd_ff4ac37fb94907932020-11-13 · +35dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a9bad9f070b99de62020-11-16 · +38dVerified

Name: Georgia Southern University
norm: georgia southern university

Name: Georgia Southern University
norm: georgia southern university
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 68state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud reported that it has been working with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Conducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring services at no cost
Removing all Social Security numbers from the Blackbaud database
Taking additional steps with Blackbaud to better ensure that any sensitive or personal information is encrypted
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

Maine State AGOct 9 · first

Indiana State AGOct 9 · first

California State AGOct 9 · first

Montana State AGOct 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Maine State AG+35d

Washington State AG+35d

New Hampshire State AG+38d

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (MA), last Nov 16 (NH) — a 38-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/GSU-samp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2020
Raw hash: 08fa671f88fc116a76005a69f8dbc107256b48b82d196f9917e382d0483a8217

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Southern University

Victim entityGeorgia Southern University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov