MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fort Hays State University Foundation

bd_342acd5f7ba86b64 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 16, 2021

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →4 incidents on file

Fort Hays State University Foundation notified California residents of a data breach involving their vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access to Blackbaud's network occurred between February 7 and May 20, 2020, involving a ransomware attack where backup files containing client data were exfiltrated and encrypted. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed file destruction. The FHSU Foundation determined on February 25, 2021, that the affected backup files contained names and Social Security numbers. The Foundation removed SSNs from Blackbaud's database and offered two years of identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Notified Feb 25, 2021224d ✗ CA 60-day late39 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 274 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_05a22e6205fcfbfb2021-04-16Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_316059aa27517d3f2021-04-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_f2bfd9f35ba072fc2021-04-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2696b92e1072e84b2021-04-19 · +3dVerified

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays state university

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays 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: Feb 25, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.

During the incident: Conducted our own investigation of the Blackbaud services we use and the information provided by Blackbaud
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Removed all Social Security numbers from the Blackbaud database
Offering you a complimentary membership to identity monitoring services for two years
Changes made: Removed all Social Security numbers from the Blackbaud database
Enhanced our procedures to protect this information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(274 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 224d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Notified: Feb 25, 2021
224d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Notified: Feb 25, 2021	224d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGApr 16 · first

Indiana State AGApr 16 · first

Maine State AGApr 16 · first

California State AGApr 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-540001
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 16, 2021
Raw hash: 7bb21e73ea9dceb43c02b6523c0f6567dc79a8322c68061c4c5c5e8e975cd451

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Victim entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted our own investigation of the Blackbaud services we use and the information provided by Blackbaud

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov