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

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →4 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

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed102 affectedView incident

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.

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

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