HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Oklahoma State University

bd_615a8cfcd2166af4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 10, 2020

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1,334state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Oklahoma State University →2 incidents on file

Oklahoma State University Foundation (OSUF) notified Washington AG of a third-party breach involving Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access to Blackbaud's backup files occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. OSUF discovered the incident on July 16, 2020, and notified 1,334 Washington residents on Dec 10, 2020. Data included names, addresses, DOBs, and giving info. No SSNs or financial account numbers were involved.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,334 affectedView incident

Name: Oklahoma State University
norm: oklahoma state university
Domain: okstate.edu

Name: Oklahoma State University
norm: oklahoma state university
Domain: okstate.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,334state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Retained outside cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Worked with Blackbaud to obtain additional information
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Notified the affected individuals
Provided them with steps they can take to protect their personal information
Changes made: Offered IDX Identity Protection Membership
Provided steps to help protect information including reviewing credit reports, placing fraud alerts, and security freezes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10367.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2020
Raw hash: 9c4a26d1686d56d3991bc705271085ef57616e9c4072cdc777ea2baf007c5a09

Reporting entityOklahoma State University

Victim entityOklahoma State University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com