MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fairmont Private School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fairmont Private School →

Fairmont Private Schools notified Montana residents that third-party vendor Blackbaud suffered a ransomware attack between Feb-May 2020. Exposed data included names, SSNs, and contact info. Blackbaud paid ransom, restored systems, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. Discovery of legacy data exposure occurred Sept 29, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 241 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Sep 29, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

Name: Fairmont Private School
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Name: Fairmont Private School
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Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 241 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperated with FBI investigation

During the incident: Engaged FBI to investigate the incident
Paid a ransom to the cyber-criminal
Halted further system access
Restored system after ransom payment
Offered free credit monitoring and fraud assistance services for 24 months
Changes made: Implemented changes to data security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 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/fairAG.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: 2e93f9b3f8defe776e8fbbfb1fae616b1f6a3e01aa4bd9af47e214a7f1ca9c24

Reporting entityFairmont Private School

Victim entityFairmont Private School

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2020

Stated responseEngaged FBI to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov