MalwareHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Medical University of South Carolina

bd_612995f8c4e4abee · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Sep 11, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Medical University of South Carolina →

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) notified Montana that its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc., experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020. The attacker exfiltrated a subset of customer data in February 2020, including names, contact info, and some patient data. Blackbaud paid the ransom and confirmed data destruction. MUSC is reviewing security practices.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 90 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Sep 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9 affectedView incident

Name: Medical University of South Carolina
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Name: Medical University of South Carolina
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Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 90 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Blackbaud paid the cybercriminal’s ransom demand
Blackbaud hired a third-party team of experts to monitor the dark web
MUSC is reviewing all relevant business practices and procedures regarding the security of your personal data
Changes made: Blackbaud implemented numerous security changes
Blackbaud confirmed through testing by multiple third parties that Blackbaud’s fix withstands all known attack tactics
Blackbaud is further hardening its environment through enhancements to access management and network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 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/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2020
Raw hash: 81292075c32929d370b839ed774d99d34114e6320ae5ddb4f23a149fab4f64e2

Reporting entityMedical University of South Carolina

Victim entityMedical University of South Carolina

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud paid the cybercriminal’s ransom demand

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov