MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Bridgewater State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

625state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bridgewater State University →5 incidents on file

Bridgewater State University notified the NH AG of a third-party ransomware incident at vendor Blackbaud. Unencrypted alumni/donor data (names, DOB, SSN) was exfiltrated. 625 NH residents affected. Notification sent Aug 28, 2020, offering 1 year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6118756b0690afd32020-08-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_aa15326f63c174a22020-08-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_44ad2d685799b1012020-10-01 · +34dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_473b3132226f47b92020-10-01 · +34dVerified

Name: Bridgewater State University
norm: bridgewater state university

Name: Bridgewater State University
norm: bridgewater state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 625state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire

During the incident: Reviewed its internal records to identify which of its alumni and donors may have been affected
Worked with Blackbaud to obtain additional information about the nature of the event
Notifying impacted residents of the situation by letter
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Purged Social Security numbers from the system
Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud
Changes made: Purged Social Security numbers from the system
Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 28 · first

Montana State AGAug 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+34d

New Hampshire State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (IN), last Oct 1 (NH) — a 34-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bridgewater-state-university-20200828.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2020
Raw hash: cee56e30740916be628e1fd4a1f05d9bb9805ea112cd80ee7bc21d61aafd9d0c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBridgewater State University

Victim entityBridgewater State University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseReviewed its internal records to identify which of its alumni and donors may have been affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov