DisclosureLens
MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Vermont State Colleges (which consists of Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College)

bd_2be62917a7ff2251 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 24, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2891 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Vermont State Colleges reported a ransomware incident involving its vendor, Blackbaud Inc., discovered in July 2020. The breach affected 289 individuals, including one Maine resident. Compromised data included names and financial account numbers. Written notification was sent to affected individuals in February 2021.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Feb 24, 2021223d ✗ ME AG >90d32 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days
discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 223 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 24, 2021

Filed

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed289 affectedView incident

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.