MalwareEducationTechnologyEducationRansomwareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom PaidIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Blackbaud, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Mar 8, 2021

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Xavier High School notified affected individuals of a data security incident involving its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, resulting in the exfiltration of encrypted backup files. While Blackbaud initially stated data was secure, a subsequent investigation on Sept 29, 2020, revealed that unencrypted backups containing names and SSNs were accessed. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. Xavier High School notified affected individuals after determining on Dec 16, 2020, that their data was involved. Blackbaud offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 235 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Mar 8, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Xavier High School
norm: xavier high school

Name: Blackbaud, Inc.
norm: blackbaud
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-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 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud has been working with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Xavier High School launched its own investigation
Xavier High School worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Xavier High School is undertaking a review of how our information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Blackbaud is offering you a complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Xavier High School is undertaking a review of how our information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(235 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/xavSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2021
Raw hash: 6c9e29d75305347f19997830eefff04774ddf6e2b52aefa0560971e7fc4d7988

Reporting entityXavier High School

Victim entityBlackbaud, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov