MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SUNY New Paltz Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 1, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SUNY New Paltz Foundation →

SUNY New Paltz Foundation notified NH AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Attack occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 5 NH residents affected. Data included names, addresses, emails, and SSNs. Vendor paid ransom; data destroyed. Foundation offered 1 year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 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 (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5aae3620e21654512020-08-31 · +1dVerified

Name: SUNY New Paltz Foundation
norm: suny new paltz
Domain: newpaltz.edu

Name: SUNY New Paltz Foundation
norm: suny new paltz
Domain: newpaltz.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel to assist in an investigation and analysis
Sent a letter to the affected individuals
Offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through LifeLock to the affected New Hampshire residents for a period of one (1) year
Changes made: Blackbaud implemented changes to protect data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is accelerating efforts to further harden their 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: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 31 · 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/suny-new-paltz-foundation-20200901.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2020
Raw hash: b3a42f00f39076ed02d15571cea9415b82143e25c85869a84bfbf07f39a403c1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySUNY New Paltz Foundation

Victim entitySUNY New Paltz Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel to assist in an investigation and analysis

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov