MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Christendom College

bd_272de1e89b3bda29 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 1, 2021

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Christendom College →

Christendom College notified the NH Attorney General of a third-party vendor breach involving Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred Feb-May 2020. Backup files containing donor names, SSNs, and financial account numbers were stolen. Blackbaud paid a ransom and destroyed files. 7 NH residents notified on March 31, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 259 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 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

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_79a22eadeb2f26fe2021-03-31 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_96b093a09ec5ff392021-03-31 · +1dCandidate

Name: Christendom College
norm: christendom college
Domain: christendom.edu

Name: Christendom College
norm: christendom college
Domain: christendom.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 31, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
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
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Mailing notification letters to affected individuals
Established a dedicated phone number for individual inquiries
Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
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
Christendom College undertaking a thorough review of how its information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(259 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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Indiana State AGMar 31 · first

Montana State AGMar 31 · 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/christendom-20210401.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2021
Raw hash: 9a084dc5eaf966b72adff533f1406898932ab04e02d596bf46e173813cf7e76d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChristendom College

Victim entityChristendom College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov