MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation

bd_139658b765d3625d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 15, 2020

Filed

Dec 1, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

57state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation →2 incidents on file

Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation notified NH AG of a ransomware attack on third-party provider Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7–May 20, 2020. 57 NH residents affected (names, SSNs). Foundation discovered impact Sept 15, 2020. Notifications sent Nov 30, 2020. Credit monitoring offered. Blackbaud paid ransom and destroyed files.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 221 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Sep 15, 2020

Discovered

Dec 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 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

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_67c1711743513d8e2020-11-30 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_6bc4a6bc0d951f002020-11-30 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a1f556119ec760672020-11-30 · +1dVerified

Name: Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation
norm: florida state college at jacksonville
Domain: fscjfoundation.org

Name: Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation
norm: florida state college at jacksonville
Domain: fscjfoundation.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 221 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 30, 2020
Affected individuals: 57state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified Blackbaud of the incident
Conducted its own investigation of the Blackbaud services used by it
Provided written notice to the New Hampshire residents by mailing letters
Offered all New Hampshire residents a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services
Established a dedicated phone number where the individuals may obtain more information
Working with law enforcement (via Blackbaud)
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect data
Blackbaud undertaking additional efforts to improve the security of its environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Foundation is removing all Social Security numbers from the Blackbaud database
Foundation taking additional steps with Blackbaud to better ensure that any sensitive or personal information is encrypted
Instituted a policy ensuring that Social Security numbers will only be contained in properly encrypted fields
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 30 · first

California State AGNov 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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/florida-state-college-jacksonville-20201201.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2020
Raw hash: fb7d3a267916a36b692435e916250c8a6e550b8d95a3d097e59455f03d16b4a2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlorida State College at Jacksonville Foundation

Victim entityFlorida State College at Jacksonville Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2020

Stated responseNotified Blackbaud of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov