MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fort Hays State University Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 12, 2021

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

102state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →2 incidents on file

Fort Hays State University Foundation notified of Blackbaud ransomware incident. Unauthorized access Feb 7–May 20, 2020. Backup files containing names and SSNs exfiltrated. Blackbaud paid ransom, destroyed files. Foundation offers 2-year identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 211 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 9 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9c860b9e878039ee2021-02-12Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_a1402bd601ea289c2021-02-12Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_817630e32a998e882021-02-16 · +4dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_05a22e6205fcfbfb2021-04-16 · +63dCandidate

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 66d gap

Indiana State AGbd_316059aa27517d3f2021-04-16 · +63dVerified
California State AGbd_342acd5f7ba86b642021-04-16 · +63dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f2bfd9f35ba072fc2021-04-16 · +63dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2696b92e1072e84b2021-04-19 · +66dVerified

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: —
Affected individuals: 102state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud reported working with law enforcement

During the incident: Offering complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Ensured that the files containing your information have been removed from the Blackbaud database
Changes made: Identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(211 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGFeb 12 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 12 · first

Montana State AGFeb 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+63d

Indiana State AG+63d

California State AG+63d

Maine State AG+63d

New Hampshire State AG+66d

Pattern: first filing Feb 12 (ME), last Apr 19 (NH) — a 66-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/forthSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2021
Raw hash: dfc7eaad4779a955bfa725f14d0e59b1889d8e46653b6c84cccbf32185c00e62

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Victim entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseOffering complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov