MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ball State University Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

755state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Ball State University Foundation →

Ball State University Foundation notified Washington AG of a ransomware breach involving third-party provider Blackbaud. Attack occurred Feb-May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 755 WA residents affected. Data included names and SSNs/TINs. Blackbaud paid ransom; data reportedly destroyed.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_c14d5a473a7358052020-09-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f35bba88eff6975c2020-09-23 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_aa422e808a6378812020-09-24 · +6dVerified

Name: Ball State University Foundation
norm: ball state university

Name: Ball State University Foundation
norm: ball state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 18, 2020
Affected individuals: 755state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notifying affected donors, vendors, friends, and alumni to make them aware of this breach of Blackbaud’s systems so they can remain vigilant
Working with Blackbaud to understand why there was a delay between it finding the breach and notifying us, as well as what actions Blackbaud is taking to increase its security
Taking steps to learn how many other parties in the higher education and the wider not-for-profit sector have been affected
Exploring all options to ensure this does not happen again, including revisiting our relationship with Blackbaud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGSep 18 · first

Washington State AGSep 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (ME), last Sep 24 (MA) — 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10312.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2020
Raw hash: af44c853ae0a6d4680fbedb7651e0db572fc539e63c2f672af1142be8f8cc043

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBall State University Foundation

Victim entityBall State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseNotifying affected donors, vendors, friends, and alumni to make them aware of this breach of Blackbaud’s systems so they can remain vigilant

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com