MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

College of St. Scholastica

bd_3d9b2c3f2909de66 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 29, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for College of St. Scholastica →

College of St. Scholastica notified of Blackbaud ransomware incident affecting backup files containing PII (names, variable text). Unauthorized access Feb 7 - May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid ransom, destroyed files. College offered 1-year Experian IdentityWorks. Incident resolved.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_355163f2248f93392020-12-29Verified

Name: College of St. Scholastica
norm: college of st scholastica

Name: College of St. Scholastica
norm: college of st scholastica
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud reported that it has been working with law enforcement

During the incident: Conducted own investigation of Blackbaud services
Offering complimentary membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Implemented new processes to ensure that personally identifiable information is not resident on external servers
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Undertaking additional efforts to 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: 24 weeks(166 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 AGDec 29 · first

Montana State AGDec 29 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/stscholsamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2020
Raw hash: 8d67674c8308c8e25655a8aa2b5842baeb75b90eca9e16fac99271117d86b786

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCollege of St. Scholastica

Victim entityCollege of St. Scholastica

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted own investigation of Blackbaud services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov