MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

St. Joseph’s College of Maine

bd_119c549a99ec4744 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 28, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for St. Joseph’s College of Maine →2 incidents on file

Saint Joseph's College of Maine notified the NH AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. Data exfiltrated between May 14-20, 2020. Affected data: names and financial account info. 2 NH residents notified on Sept 22, 2020. College investigating and enhancing vendor safeguards.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 63 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

May 14, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_64d7a60976fd49092020-09-22 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9c01700467ab76f62020-09-22 · +6dCandidate

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine
Domain: sjcme.edu
Industry: Education

Name: St. Joseph’s College of Maine
norm: st joseph s college of maine
Domain: sjcme.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 14, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine what data was potentially involved
Gathered further information from Blackbaud to understand the scope of the incident
Conducted internal review of the impacted data set
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Provided contact details for national consumer reporting agencies
Provided information on how to obtain a free credit report
Encouraged individuals to contact the Federal Trade Commission, their state Attorney General, and law enforcement
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Working to review existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 22 · first

Maine State AGSep 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 22 (MA), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/saint-josephs-college-maine-20200928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2020
Raw hash: 5e32827bcef00bcc2bd5cab2a83a98eae11ce49bcc589fdbcb4fd12c439c3a6c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Victim entitySt. Joseph’s College of Maine

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine what data was potentially involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov