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

Bridgewater State University

bd_473b3132226f47b9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 1, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

666state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bridgewater State University →6 incidents on file

Bridgewater State University filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a ransomware incident at third-party vendor Blackbaud. The incident, which occurred in May 2020, exposed the names and Social Security numbers of 666 New Hampshire residents. The university is offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_aa15326f63c174a22020-08-28 · +34dCandidate

Name: Bridgewater
norm: bridgewater
Domain: bridgewater.com

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: Oct 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 666state-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 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Submitted original notice to NH Attorney General on August 28, 2020Submitted supplemental notice to NH Attorney General on October 1, 2020
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Reviewed internal records to identify affected individuals
Worked with Blackbaud to obtain additional information
Engaged a vendor to run a trace on affected individuals for whom they did not have an address
Provided written notice to impacted residents via first-class United States mail
Offered a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Purged Social Security numbers from the system
Reviewing relationship with Blackbaud
Reviewing technical controls in place for securing data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 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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Montana State AGAug 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+34d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (MT), 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-20201001.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 1, 2020
Raw hash: 6037802303581e60ed5419180f76788288e5726dbd4da55e74c84493bdeb6b66

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBridgewater

Victim entityBridgewater State University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseReviewed internal records to identify affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov