MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Blair Academy

bd_60b5bc8619fadf71 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Blair Academy →

Blair Academy notified Montana residents of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. The attack occurred in May 2020, resulting in data exfiltration. Impacted data included names and addresses. Blair Academy engaged CyberScout to provide 24 months of credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 146 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_092f1645e25ce0332020-12-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_87095805d52a23012020-12-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_d147759e7ef2d1c82020-12-09Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_bbacafc73a0e39ea2020-12-18 · +9dVerified

Name: Blair Academy
norm: blair academy
Domain: blair.edu

Name: Blair Academy
norm: blair academy
Domain: blair.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-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

During the incident: Commenced investigation to understand nature and scope of incident
Worked with Blackbaud to gather further information
Secured services of CyberScout to provide credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 24 months
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(146 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 · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

Indiana State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

Montana State AGDec 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (MA), last Dec 18 (NH) — a 9-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/blairSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2020
Raw hash: bb9262b0c5a82443fc60820638782175aaa60c09167d7c25cec4a8ef1daa1707

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlair Academy

Victim entityBlair Academy

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced investigation to understand nature and scope of incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov