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

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 7, 2021

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities →

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020, with unauthorized access occurring between February 7 and May 20, 2020. The attack resulted in the exfiltration of backup files containing donor names and Social Security numbers. HACU determined one New Hampshire resident was affected. HACU mailed a notification letter on April 6, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring through Kroll. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the stolen files were destroyed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 265 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings 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

Maine State AGbd_4299ec64214208f32021-04-06 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_63bfc74112f3f5f92021-04-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
norm: hispanic association of colleges and universities
Domain: hacu.net

Name: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
norm: hispanic association of colleges and universities
Domain: hacu.net
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-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 Attorney General Gordon MacDonald
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Mailing a notification letter to one New Hampshire resident via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offering the New Hampshire resident a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through Kroll
Established a dedicated phone number where the individual may obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(265 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

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGApr 6 · first

Indiana State AGApr 6 · 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/hispanic-association-colleges-universities-20210407.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2021
Raw hash: 89fcff2f9f7858e6446fc64007e0b0a6578c2956de3e9b810fe14431dfc39cca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Victim entityHispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

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